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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 was the danger of the treatment Dr. Brass recommended?

2. What does Konner say about Charlotte?

3. What is the fourth year of med school designed to do?

4. What did Konner find when he researched Sophie Hellman's case?

5. What sense does Konner say he had as he entered his fourth and final year of med school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Konner characterize the medical experience of working in obstetrics?

4. What does Konner say made his rounds poignant under Dr. Downing?

5. What happened when Konner confronted Dr. Brass?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Konner's last elective rotation.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would a medical school, or medical industry run along Konner's ideas look like? Would it be profitable? Would it be better or worse than the industry he was indoctrinated into? Does Konner offer his critiques for the purpose of designing a better system?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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