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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?
(a) A nurse-anesthesiologist.
(b) A nurse.
(c) The surgeon.
(d) The patient's mother.

2. What had Konner been before starting med school?
(a) A Harvard University professor.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A sailor.

3. 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) Home.
(c) The chapel.
(d) For a walk with another intern.

4. How did Freddy Robertson handle the woman's purple finger?
(a) By compressing the finger.
(b) By amputating it.
(c) By lancing it and draining the blood.
(d) By sawing off her ring.

5. What was Konner's Uncle Bobby's role in Konner's life?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Nemesis.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Hero.

6. Why did pediatrics appeal to Konner?
(a) Children had an easier time regaining their health after illness.
(b) It gave him more room to be aloof and scientific in his observations.
(c) It let him laugh more.
(d) It resembled his research on African children.

7. 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.

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

9. What crude behavior does Konner describe from a resident physician?
(a) Snickering at a woman's diagnosis.
(b) Exposing himself to a patient.
(c) Insulting the interns in front of the patients.
(d) Making racist/sexist jokes with the patients.

10. What outcome has Dr. Burdick tried to prevent in his practice?
(a) Discharging patients to mental hospitals.
(b) Returning patients to the general public.
(c) Keeping patients in the hospital indefinitely.
(d) Letting patients bounce around between different wards and hospitals.

11. How does Konner characterize surgeons?
(a) Men who thrive on problem solving.
(b) Men who enjoyed making snap decisions.
(c) Men who thrive on stress.
(d) Men who wanted to help people.

12. What kinds of cases is Katherine Ballard interested in?
(a) Borderline cases.
(b) Psychopaths.
(c) Artists.
(d) Neurotics.

13. What is the branch of psychiatric medicine that complements Freud's psychoanalysis?
(a) Shock treatment.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Surgical treatment.
(d) Drug treatment.

14. What did Dr. Brennan take from Gerald Edwards' body during surgery?
(a) A bullet.
(b) An abscess.
(c) A paper clip.
(d) A tumor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dr. Feldstein make an impression on Konner?

2. What does Konner say was keeping him tired?

3. How does Konner characterize shock therapy?

4. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

5. How does Konner say anesthesiologists view surgeons?

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