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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confirmed the nurse-anesthesiologist's concern that a patient not be released immediately after surgery?
(a) The surgeon.
(b) The chief of Anesthesiology.
(c) Konner.
(d) The Emergency Ward chief.

2. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?
(a) His day job.
(b) Nightly assignments.
(c) Problems in his personal life.
(d) Trying to do several rotations at once.

3. What did interns do after rounds?
(a) Start to study.
(b) Write up the rounds.
(c) Begin assignments.
(d) Wait for patients to come in.

4. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?
(a) Memory.
(b) Balance.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Motor skills.

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

6. At what age did Konner begin his first rotation?
(a) 22.
(b) 28.
(c) 36.
(d) 41.

7. Why did Konner's procedure with the woman with gonorrhea take five times longer than the procedure should have taken?
(a) He was confused by the woman's symptoms, and it took him longer to rule out certain complications.
(b) He tried to heal her emotionally.
(c) He was interested in the woman's story, and listened to her talk.
(d) He thought the woman's chart had been written up incorrectly.

8. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?
(a) A radical treatment.
(b) A compensatory pause.
(c) A missed heartbeat.
(d) An orchid in the attic.

9. Where was the woman on the stretcher sent after Konner and his colleagues saw her in ER?
(a) An operating room.
(b) An intensive care unit.
(c) To the morgue.
(d) Back home.

10. When was 'Becoming a Doctor' published?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1967.

11. What interest did Konner's medical training have in common with his previous training?
(a) Distribution of disease in populations.
(b) Human evolution.
(c) Cell development.
(d) Human behavior.

12. How many medical students was Konner grouped with for his rotation in psychiatry?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

13. How did Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrass themselves in front of their colleagues?
(a) By refusing to consult with experts about a patient's case.
(b) By being caught harassing a nurse.
(c) By making the wrong diagnosis of a patient's symptoms.
(d) By taking inflexible opinions in an argument.

14. What had Petey begun to do at age seventeen?
(a) Regress to childhood.
(b) Use street drugs.
(c) Assault people.
(d) Attempt suicide.

15. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?
(a) He walked away from a patient's question.
(b) He callously described a patient's discomfort to a group of interns.
(c) He told a patient abruptly that they only had a few months to live.
(d) He was known to have affairs with the staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?

2. What feelings in the doctors does Konner say he understood after spending time with long-term incurable patients?

3. What was Freddy Robertson's role in the procedures that were performed?

4. How does Konner characterize Dr. Ringler?

5. What luxury did Konner's relationship with Dr. Haley allow him?

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