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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. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?
(a) A compensatory pause.
(b) A missed heartbeat.
(c) An orchid in the attic.
(d) A radical treatment.

2. How does Konner characterize shock therapy?
(a) Mild compared with surgery.
(b) Non-invasive.
(c) Violent and dehumanizing.
(d) Ineffectual.

3. What is the immigrant neurosurgeon's rule, when Konner makes rounds with him?
(a) Spend as little time as possible with the patient.
(b) Touch the patient.
(c) Read the chart first.
(d) Talk to the patient.

4. What restrictions did Konner have to observe after scrubbing in?
(a) He could not touch anything.
(b) He could not leave the surgery ward.
(c) He could not talk to anyone.
(d) He could not discuss other cases.

5. What distinguished Peter Byron's patient care?
(a) He was incompetent and his heavy drinking obscured his medicine.
(b) He was gentle and non-disruptive.
(c) He went out of his way to take care of his patients and their families.
(d) He was brusque and aloof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of surgery did Konner watch Dr. Ruskin perform?

2. How long is a rotation?

3. How does Konner characterize Dr. Ringler?

4. What was the nature of the first operation in which Konner participated?

5. How did Marty Wentworth and Dr. Carter embarrass themselves in front of their colleagues?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Konner say brain disease affects a person's personality?

7. What is borderline syndrome?

8. How does Konner characterize Howard Cullen's condition?

9. What crude resident behavior was Konner appalled by?

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

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