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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Medicine II: Deathwatches.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Konner say African men did when their wives were in labor?
(a) Induce constipation.
(b) Put animals in their robes as if they had given birth to them.
(c) Leave the village until they were done.
(d) Hold their wives' hands and encourage them through the pain.

2. Who did students meet with during initial basic clinical skills class?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Patients' relatives.
(d) Patients.

3. How does Konner say Dr. Greenspan was embroiled in a controversy?
(a) He defended a subordinate.
(b) He published others' work.
(c) He pursued a staff member.
(d) He faked some research results.

4. What was Scott Lucas' role?
(a) To reinflate the woman's lung.
(b) To get the woman's clothes off.
(c) To take blood.
(d) To test the woman's blood type.

5. What was the diagnosis for patient Edie?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) Manic-depression.
(c) Traumatic brain injury.
(d) Early-onset Alzheimers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the article Konner find in his last week of surgery argue?

2. What could Konner do for Stan while Barb was suffering complications?

3. What kinds of cases is Katherine Ballard interested in?

4. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?

5. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?

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