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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?
(a) Britain.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

2. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 8.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. How long did it take a man to examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) A week.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

4. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) About 130 pounds.
(b) About 175 pounds.
(c) About 300 pounds.
(d) More than 200 pounds.

5. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much might it cost in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

3. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

4. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

5. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?

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