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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 did patient Francis Giannetti discover when he came into the hospital with leg cramps from jogging?

2. What was Konner's previous training in?

3. What is the branch of psychiatric medicine that complements Freud's psychoanalysis?

4. What did patient Edwards regain after surgery?

5. What was the diagnosis for patient Edie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is borderline syndrome?

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

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

4. Describe Konner's first neurological examination.

5. How did Konner experience the medical world on his vacation?

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

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

8. How does Konner say med school affected him personally?

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

10. What was Konner's experience working with Dr. Haley in pediatric outpatient services?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different narrative threads Konner weaves throughout 'Becoming a Doctor'? One is the simple chronological experience of med school. What developments take place, and how does Konner's personality, or how do his attitudes about medicine or illness or his own identity change throughout the course of the book? Where do these themes intersect? How are they developed?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What effect did medical training have on Konner as a man outside of medical training? How did his training affect his marriage and his family? What were his wife's views on his training? What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping his personal life out of the book?

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