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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 does Konner say African men did when their wives were in labor?
(a) Put animals in their robes as if they had given birth to them.
(b) Induce constipation.
(c) Hold their wives' hands and encourage them through the pain.
(d) Leave the village until they were done.

2. In whose eye did Konner see a compassionate tear?
(a) A physician's.
(b) A patient's.
(c) A nurse's.
(d) An intern's.

3. What starts the day in the gynecology rotation?
(a) Outpatients.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Paperwork.
(d) Rounds.

4. How does Konner say Dr. Downing responded to the woman whose sixty-five year old mother had just died?
(a) No sympathy.
(b) Deep personal concern.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Indifference.

5. What did Konner find when he researched Sophie Hellman's case?
(a) A laundry list of exhausted and fruitless treatments.
(b) A list of treatments that were be considered and rejected.
(c) Subtle signs of the tumor that ultimately killed her.
(d) No notes about the treatments her doctor said he tried.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Konner say Dr. Brass reacted to his work?

3. What was the patient outcome of the treatment Dr. Brass recommended?

4. How does Konner characterize Lily Corwin?

5. When did Konner begin his gynecology rotation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Charlotte's ultimate outcome?

2. Describe Konner's experience assisting his friend Barbara's birth.

3. How did Konner and Dr. Corwin treat the patient with Pickwickian syndrome?

4. What is RPTA, and how did it affect Konner?

5. How does Konner characterize Dr. Greenspan, and the controversy Dr. Greenspan was embroiled in?

6. What was Konner's experience with Big Red?

7. What roles does Konner describe having written 'Becoming a Doctor' from?

8. How does Konner characterize pathology and its place in the spectrum of medical services?

9. What was unique about Konner's first week in obstetrics?

10. What condition did Konner suffer after his obstetrics rotation, and how did it make him view his experience at the hospital?

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