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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Queasy Feeling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 2,240.
(b) 3,215.
(c) 1,775.
(d) 675.

2. During what year of his training does Gawande have a chance to attend a surgeons convention?
(a) 6th year.
(b) 7th year.
(c) 5th year.
(d) 8th year.

3. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1991.

4. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?
(a) Best Western.
(b) Doubletree.
(c) Embassy Suites.
(d) Hyatt Regency.

5. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Amy Fitzpatrick get her M.B.A.?

2. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?

3. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?

4. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?

5. Who was the gynecologist from Ohio who subjected hundreds of women when they had been anesthetized for other procedures to bizarre disfiguring procedures that he called the Surgery of Love?

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