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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Konner characterize Freddy Robertson?
(a) Amenable.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Competent.
(d) Compassionate.

2. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Med student.
(c) Observer.
(d) Intern.

3. How does Konner say he reacts to this split between methodologies?
(a) He prefers an altogether different approach.
(b) He sides with Freud.
(c) He feels conflicted.
(d) He sides with the psychopharmacologists.

4. Why did Konner's procedure with the woman with gonorrhea take five times longer than the procedure should have taken?
(a) He was interested in the woman's story, and listened to her talk.
(b) He was confused by the woman's symptoms, and it took him longer to rule out certain complications.
(c) He thought the woman's chart had been written up incorrectly.
(d) He tried to heal her emotionally.

5. What was the surgeons response when Dr. Ramirez asked Konner to intubate?
(a) He showed Konner how to do it.
(b) He did it himself.
(c) He criticized Ramirez' technique.
(d) He wanted Ramirez to intubate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Scott Lucas' role?

2. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?

3. What feelings in the doctors does Konner say he understood after spending time with long-term incurable patients?

4. How does Konner characterize Dr. Ringler?

5. Where do first-year medical students' clinical experiences take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Konner different from the other students in his group?

2. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

3. What was Konner's experience working with Dr. Haley in pediatric outpatient services?

4. How did Konner experience the medical world on his vacation?

5. How does Konner characterize the anesthesiologist's job?

6. What was Konner's experience in Africa, and what is its relation to Konner's current studies?

7. How does Konner say med school affected him personally?

8. What is borderline syndrome?

9. How does Konner contrast American medical diagnoses to African children's lives?

10. How would you describe Konner's tone and language in the opening anecdote?

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