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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Konner characterize Dr. Ringler?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Sensitive and much loved.
(d) Incompetent.
2. What is 'bagging' a patient?
(a) Giving a bag to a nauseous patient.
(b) Putting a deceased patient in a body bag.
(c) Breathing for them with a rubber bag.
(d) Covering a patient's head so they cannot see surgery.
3. What had happened to the woman who was rolled into the ER?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Pregnancy complications.
4. When was 'Becoming a Doctor' published?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1967.
(d) 2003.
5. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?
(a) Keep doing things that work.
(b) Do nothing if you don't know.
(c) Learn by experimenting.
(d) Never call a surgeon.
6. Where did Konner go at the end of his last shift, when he wanted to reflect on the trauma patients he treated?
(a) The bar.
(b) For a walk with another intern.
(c) The chapel.
(d) Home.
7. For what did John Williams set records?
(a) Malpractice claims.
(b) Longest time without sleep.
(c) Cases handled.
(d) Monthly earnings.
8. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?
(a) A clean syringe.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) A bottle of alcohol.
(d) An empty bed.
9. What criticism does Konner make of the surgery that went on for three hours?
(a) The procedure was merely cosmetic.
(b) The patient should not have been operated on.
(c) It could have been finished much sooner.
(d) The surgeon made mistakes even he could recognize.
10. What was Konner's Uncle Bobby's role in Konner's life?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Hero.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Nemesis.
11. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Read the chart first.
(b) Talk to the patient.
(c) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(d) Touch the patient.
12. What distinguished Peter Byron's patient care?
(a) He went out of his way to take care of his patients and their families.
(b) He was brusque and aloof.
(c) He was incompetent and his heavy drinking obscured his medicine.
(d) He was gentle and non-disruptive.
13. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?
(a) A radical treatment.
(b) A compensatory pause.
(c) An orchid in the attic.
(d) A missed heartbeat.
14. What was Konner's previous training in?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Anthropology.
15. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?
(a) Balance.
(b) Memory.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Motor skills.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the article Konner find in his last week of surgery argue?
2. How long a break does Konner get at Christmas?
3. What had Konner been before starting med school?
4. What did Dr. Brennan take from Gerald Edwards' body during surgery?
5. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?
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