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

2. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?
(a) Mid-October.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) April.

3. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

4. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?
(a) 78.
(b) 388.
(c) 237.
(d) 149.

5. Where did Gawande grow up?
(a) Alpena, Michigan.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Athens, Ohio.
(d) Atlantic, Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

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

3. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

4. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?

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

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