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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 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) 9 percent.
(c) 7 percent.
(d) 4 percent.

2. How many salespeople attended the surgeons convention?
(a) 5,300.
(b) 6,100.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 4,200.

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

4. What were the occupations of Gawande's parents?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Orthodontists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?

2. How many pages were in the book that listed the schedule of programs at the surgeons convention?

3. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

4. What year were the articles by Joseph Lister that were for sale?

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

(see the answer key)

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