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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the woman on the stretcher sent after Konner and his colleagues saw her in ER?

2. What medical term does Konner use to describe his book?

3. What behavior of John Williams' embarrassed Konner?

4. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is borderline syndrome?

4. What was Edwards' condition after surgery?

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

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

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

8. What crude resident behavior was Konner appalled by?

9. What lesson does Konner say he learned from John Williams?

10. How does Konner characterize his medical student colleagues?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What emotionally difficult experiences does he learn to handle, in his time in med school? What are his coping mechanisms? How does he deal, for instance, with the desire for profit among doctors and insurance companies? How does he deal with the bureaucratic complications in getting patients cared for? How does he deal with the problems of other people's personalities, and authorities?

Essay Topic 2

What is it about Konner's writing that makes it so funny? What expectations is he playing upon? How would you characterize his humor? Light? Dark? Cynical? What feelings is humor meant to help him cope with/avoid/mitigate?

Essay Topic 3

What is the true lesson Konner learns during his residency? Is it a medical lesson, or a life lesson? A style of writing he acquired, or a set of

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