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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fourth year of med school designed to do?
(a) Give medical students a break before they are responsible for patients.
(b) Develop skills without direct responsibility.
(c) Give medical students responsibility for patient care.
(d) Allow students to broaden their experience before seeing patients of their own.

2. Where does Konner work on his non-surgical afternoons?
(a) The emergency room.
(b) The library.
(c) The outpatient gynecological lab.
(d) The family planning clinic.

3. Who gave the order to have Geraldine intubated?
(a) The nursing home physician.
(b) The hospital lawyers.
(c) The EMTs.
(d) The ER physician.

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

5. What comment about Charlotte was red-penciled off her chart?
(a) She is friendly and cooperative.
(b) She appreciated kind attention.
(c) She cannot tolerate her own image.
(d) She is willing to work to improve her condition.

6. What sense does Konner say he had as he entered his fourth and final year of med school?
(a) Starting from scratch.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Coasting.
(d) Flailing.

7. How does Konner characterize Dr. Brass?
(a) Vulgar.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Enigmatic.

8. What condition gave Konner cause for concern in his friend's pregnancy?
(a) Alcoholism in the family.
(b) Hypertension.
(c) Ambiguous ultrasounds.
(d) High risk of Down syndrome.

9. How many hours a week did Konner work with Dr. Brass and the others on his rotation?
(a) 80.
(b) 40.
(c) 100.
(d) 60.

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

11. What had Konner's Uncle Dave encouraged him to consider in his decision to return to med school?
(a) His income.
(b) His religion.
(c) His family.
(d) His anthropological background.

12. What could Konner do for Stan while Barb was suffering complications?
(a) Translate medical jargon.
(b) Commandeer nurses and hospital resources.
(c) Provide emotional support.
(d) Contact experts in the field.

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

14. What was the treatment Dr. Brass recommended for the Pickwickian syndrome case?
(a) An anti-cancer drug.
(b) Antipsychotic drugs.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Talk therapy.

15. What did Konner find when he researched Sophie Hellman's case?
(a) No notes about the treatments her doctor said he tried.
(b) A list of treatments that were be considered and rejected.
(c) Subtle signs of the tumor that ultimately killed her.
(d) A laundry list of exhausted and fruitless treatments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What field did Konner study after OB/GYN?

2. What caused RPTA for Konner?

3. What optimism does Konner retain in the end?

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

5. How does Konner characterize Lily Corwin?

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