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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. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
(a) About 900 companies.
(b) Around 300 companies.
(c) About 1700 companies.
(d) Some 1200 companies.

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

3. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Lidocaine.
(b) Benzocaine.
(c) Triocaine.
(d) Saxitoxin.

4. How was the woman injured that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?
(a) A domestic incident.
(b) A fall at home.
(c) A fall at work.
(d) Auto accident.

5. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?
(a) 3 percent.
(b) 7 percent.
(c) 9 percent.
(d) 4 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?

2. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

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

5. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?

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