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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Konner recommend for the mother who wanted midwifery?
(a) He advocated cesarean section delivery.
(b) He recommended against it.
(c) He encouraged a home birth.
(d) He recommended that a midwife birth the child in the hospital.

2. What had Dr. Suskauer been before becoming the head of obstetrics?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An accountant.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A writer.

3. How did Dr. Harrison rate Konner's performance?
(a) Insufficient.
(b) Satisfactory.
(c) High pass.
(d) Near excellent.

4. What was Ringler's approach to his patients?
(a) Break them down to build them up.
(b) Keep them guessing about his approach.
(c) Let them heal themselves.
(d) Make clear deals with them.

5. What was the danger of the treatment Dr. Brass recommended?
(a) The patient develops a tolerance to the drug.
(b) Gangrene.
(c) Suicidal thoughts.
(d) Infection and destruction of a limb.

6. What did the residents explain to the daughter of the woman suffering with terminal cancer?
(a) When her mother could be released back to her home.
(b) Why her mother should be allowed to die.
(c) What surgery and chemotherapy would cost.
(d) What heroic measures could still be taken.

7. How does Konner characterize the American medical industry?
(a) A model of soulless efficiency.
(b) A spiritual wasteland.
(c) An ineffective bureaucracy.
(d) A corrupt and mismanaged business.

8. What does Konner say is the typical method of childbirth in the U.S.?
(a) Fully-conscious, without drugs.
(b) Full-conscious with pain drugs.
(c) C-section.
(d) Heavily sedated.

9. What did Konner suffer from on his trip to Galen the day after his ob/gyn rotation?
(a) A cold.
(b) Gastric distress.
(c) Back pains.
(d) Chest pains.

10. What was John Brandt's approach, which influenced Konner?
(a) Psychodynamic interpretation.
(b) Behavioral therapy.
(c) Electroshock therapy.
(d) Psychopharmacology.

11. What condition was Charlotte suffering?
(a) Eating disorder.
(b) Delusions.
(c) Chest pains.
(d) Suicidal thoughts.

12. What was Harrison's specialty?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Eye surgery.
(c) Gastrointestinal tumors.
(d) Nervous disorders.

13. What strategy did Dr. Greenspan advocate for learning medicine?
(a) Taking a case by case approach.
(b) A community of experts sharing diagnoses approach.
(c) A trial and error approach.
(d) An exhaustive encyclopedic approach.

14. What starts the day in the gynecology rotation?
(a) Rounds.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) Outpatients.

15. Whose samples had been sent to the lab Konner was working in now?
(a) Professor Roth's patients.
(b) Dr. Suskauer's patients.
(c) Dr. Brennan's patients.
(d) Dr. Mattingly's patients.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Konner say he believes about obstetrics?

2. Who gave the order to have Geraldine intubated?

3. How many deliveries did Konner perform in his last rotation?

4. What does Konner say about Charlotte?

5. How does Konner say Dr. Greenspan was embroiled in a controversy?

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