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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - When Good Doctors Go Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) About 25 percent.
(b) Between 1 and 5 percent.
(c) Between 2 and 8 percent.
(d) About 10 percent.

2. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) 10:30 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

3. What branch of military service did Goodman serve in?
(a) Marines.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

4. How many siblings does Goodman have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 48.
(b) 56.
(c) 62.
(d) 51.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?

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

3. What was wrong with the woman who Gawande saw in the emergency room on his first day as a surgical resident?

4. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?

5. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?

(see the answer key)

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