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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mr. Jolly when he died?
(a) In his fifties.
(b) In his sixties.
(c) In his nineties.
(d) In his eighties.

2. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 45 years.

3. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?
(a) 9,312.
(b) 10,312.
(c) 8,914.
(d) 7,648.

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

5. What disease had the woman whose autopsy Gwande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut" struggled with?
(a) MS.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Parkinson's Disease.
(d) Heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?

2. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?

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

4. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?

5. When did the United States National Center for Health Statistics stop collecting autopsy statistics?

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