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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. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?

2. What does Konner say is typical of brain disease?

3. How long does Konner say it took for the motorcycle accident victim to recover enough to be transferred to O.R.?

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

5. What kind of treatment was Katherine Ballard most interested in administering?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is borderline syndrome?

8. How does Konner say that he dealt with Bigelow, the street person?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person or scene exemplifies everything Konner loves about medicine? Which person or scene exemplifies everything he loathed about the medical industry? Using examples from the text, describe the scenes or character that consolidate Konner's feelings about his training.

Essay Topic 2

How does Konner balance scientific medicine against humanitarian interest in his experience as a medical student? How does his balance differ from or resemble the balance other medical students strike?

Essay Topic 3

Konner feels conflicted between psychoanalysis and psycho-pharmacology approaches to psychiatric treatment. How does he resolve this conflict within himself? What other conflicts does he feel, and how does he resolve them? Choose one and describe the reason for Konner's sense of self-conflict, as well as his method of resolving the conflict for himself.

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