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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 decision does Konner reaffirm during his visit with family?
(a) Not to practice medicine.
(b) Not to be a surgeon.
(c) To write an expose about his time in med school.
(d) To publish an anthropological piece on his time in med school.

2. What kind of surgery did Konner watch Dr. Ruskin perform?
(a) Cataract surgery.
(b) Abdominal surgery.
(c) Implant surgery.
(d) Spine surgery.

3. What does Konner say is a benefit of obstetrics?
(a) The respect for the patients.
(b) The sense that this was all normal.
(c) The glowing mothers.
(d) The newborn babies.

4. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Touch the patient.
(b) Read the chart first.
(c) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(d) Talk to the patient.

5. What was Konner's experience in Africa?
(a) As a pilot.
(b) As a soldier.
(c) As an anthropologist.
(d) As a nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nature of the first operation in which Konner participated?

2. What had happened to the woman who was rolled into the ER?

3. Who did students meet with during initial basic clinical skills class?

4. What outcome has Dr. Burdick tried to prevent in his practice?

5. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?

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