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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) Develop skills without direct responsibility.
(b) Give medical students responsibility for patient care.
(c) Give medical students a break before they are responsible for patients.
(d) Allow students to broaden their experience before seeing patients of their own.

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

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

4. What complications did Konner's friend Barb suffer after giving birth?
(a) Chest pains.
(b) Depression.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Fever.

5. How had Barb's midwife treated the condition that formed the complications?
(a) She had given her herbs.
(b) She had left it untreated.
(c) She had recommended bed rest.
(d) She had given Barb drugs.

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

7. How does Konner characterize Johann Ringler?
(a) A hero.
(b) A nuisance.
(c) A demon.
(d) A control freak.

8. What was the patient outcome of the treatment Dr. Brass recommended?
(a) Additional surgery.
(b) Death.
(c) Arm damage.
(d) The Pickwickian syndrome resolved.

9. Who was the surgeon in the operation on patient Laura?
(a) Dr. Suskauer.
(b) Joel Schwartzman.
(c) Professor Roth.
(d) Konner.

10. What was Konner nominated for?
(a) A National Book Award.
(b) A prestigious medical honor.
(c) A Pulitzer Prize.
(d) A military appointment.

11. What gave Konner an emotional boost during his rotation with Dr. Brass?
(a) Being called into a friend's birth.
(b) Selling his book proposal for 'Becoming a Doctor'.
(c) Getting a good evaluation.
(d) Getting a National Book Award.

12. What kind of approach did Dr. Harrison rule out for Charlotte?
(a) Neurology.
(b) Psychiatry.
(c) Cardiology.
(d) Psychopharmacology.

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

14. What condition does Konner's Uncle Dave suffer?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Heart attack.

15. What were surgeons going to correct in patient Laura's laparotomy?
(a) Cysts in her uterus.
(b) Tumors on her ovaries.
(c) Adhesions on her fallopian tubes.
(d) Complications in her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Harrison's specialty?

2. How many hours a week did Konner work with Dr. Brass and the others on his rotation?

3. How did Dr. Harrison rate Konner's performance?

4. What brought about an improvement in Charlotte's condition?

5. What does Konner say about Charlotte?

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