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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Final Cut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 86 times.
(b) 79 times.
(c) 93 times.
(d) 108 times.

2. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?
(a) 58.
(b) 56.
(c) 45.
(d) 62.

3. How old was the first patient for whom Gawande was expected to request an autopsy?
(a) 75.
(b) 81.
(c) 69.
(d) 71.

4. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 10:30 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

5. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?
(a) Henry K. Beecher.
(b) Gottfried Leibnitz.
(c) Baruch Spinoza.
(d) Rene Descartes.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years have doctors been performing autopsies?

2. How old was the pathology assistant who did the dissection for the autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut"?

3. Where was the surgeon's conference held that Gawande attended?

4. What is the second most common reason why employees miss work?

5. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?

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