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

2. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?
(a) 4 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 6 minutes.
(d) 3 minutes.

3. At what convention center was the surgeon's conference held?
(a) Chicagoland Conference Center.
(b) McCormick Place.
(c) Donald E. Stevens Convention Center.
(d) Chicago Convention Center.

4. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?
(a) 86 times.
(b) 79 times.
(c) 93 times.
(d) 108 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

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

3. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

4. How long is the apprenticeship at Shouldice Hospital?

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

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