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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 often were walk-rounds performed in the psychiatric ward?
(a) Twice a day.
(b) Three times a week.
(c) Daily.
(d) Once a week.

2. Who confirmed the nurse-anesthesiologist's concern that a patient not be released immediately after surgery?
(a) The chief of Anesthesiology.
(b) Konner.
(c) The Emergency Ward chief.
(d) The surgeon.

3. How does Konner characterize the other medical students?
(a) Imposing.
(b) Naïve.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Burly.

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

5. What specialty does Konner decide to follow?
(a) Medical psychiatry.
(b) Gynecology.
(c) Pediatrics.
(d) Cardiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?

2. How does Konner characterize Dr. Brennan's medical skills?

3. What did Mike Colucci do by mistake?

4. What did Dr. Brennan take from Gerald Edwards' body during surgery?

5. How many medical students was Konner grouped with for his rotation in psychiatry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Konner describe Gerald Edwards' brain surgery?

4. Describe Konner's first 'Saturday Night Knife and Gun Club'.

5. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

6. What explanation does Konner give for why he wrote this book?

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

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

9. What effect does Konner's opening anecdote have as a first taste of the book?

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

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