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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 his teachers in the basic clinical skills classes?
(a) The least successful teachers he ever had.
(b) The most impersonal teachers he had.
(c) The best teachers he had.
(d) The least interesting teachers he ever had.

2. What did patient Francis Giannetti discover when he came into the hospital with leg cramps from jogging?
(a) Thyroid issues.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Alzheimers.

3. When was 'Becoming a Doctor' published?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1967.
(d) 2003.

4. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?
(a) Since college.
(b) All his life.
(c) Since high school.
(d) Since middle school.

5. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?
(a) Bay State Hospital.
(b) Beth Israel Hospital.
(c) Galen Memorial Hospital.
(d) Kings County Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What outcome has Dr. Burdick tried to prevent in his practice?

2. What luxury did Konner's relationship with Dr. Haley allow him?

3. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?

4. What is 'dura mater'?

5. What insight did Konner get over his break?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the controversy around the patient Ruskin operated on?

2. How does Konner characterize the split between theories of psychiatric medicine?

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

4. How does Konner say that he dealt with Bigelow, the street person?

5. How does Konner describe his first experience anesthetizing a patient?

6. How does Konner say that Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrassed themselves?

7. What was Konner's second experience in anesthesiology like?

8. What does Konner say he finds unrealistic in TV doctor dramas?

9. What were Konner's reasons fro becoming a doctor?

10. What crude resident behavior was Konner appalled by?

(see the answer keys)

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