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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 is Konner's justification for not practicing medicine?
(a) He is saving patients from his errors.
(b) He is saving society money.
(c) He is giving himself to his family instead.
(d) He is using his talents in a better way.

2. What field did Konner study after OB/GYN?
(a) Gastroenterology.
(b) Neuropathology.
(c) Oncology.
(d) Cardiology.

3. What does Konner recommend for the mother who wanted midwifery?
(a) He encouraged a home birth.
(b) He recommended that a midwife birth the child in the hospital.
(c) He recommended against it.
(d) He advocated cesarean section delivery.

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

5. What was John Brandt's approach, which influenced Konner?
(a) Electroshock therapy.
(b) Psychodynamic interpretation.
(c) Behavioral therapy.
(d) Psychopharmacology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Konner begin his gynecology rotation?

2. In whose eye did Konner see a compassionate tear?

3. What did the residents explain to the daughter of the woman suffering with terminal cancer?

4. Who was the surgeon in the operation on patient Laura?

5. What was the treatment Dr. Brass recommended for the Pickwickian syndrome case?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Konner describe his reasons for not practicing?

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

3. Describe Konner's last elective rotation.

4. How did Konner spend non-surgical afternoons in gynecology?

5. How did Konner disagree with Charlotte's doctor's treatment plan?

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

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

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

9. Describe the laparotomy Konner assisted in.

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

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