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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Case of the Red Leg.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?
(a) 61 B.C.
(b) 44 A.D.
(c) 44 B.C.
(d) 51 A.D.

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

3. Who introduced the term "health-care focused factory"?
(a) Rachel Erlinger.
(b) Ramona Wyatt.
(c) Rochelle Meslinger.
(d) Regina Herzlinger.

4. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
(a) Alex Dilmer.
(b) David Hernandez.
(c) Andrew Brigham.
(d) Jon Lopez.

5. Who was the gynecologist from Ohio who subjected hundreds of women when they had been anesthetized for other procedures to bizarre disfiguring procedures that he called the Surgery of Love?
(a) Charles Neeley.
(b) Branson Smith.
(c) David Zaner.
(d) James Burt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originated the explanation of pain that has dominated much of medical history?

2. How old was Noe's husband when she plead to guilty to killing her children?

3. How large was the fourth patient that Gawande had to insert a central line?

4. How many times had the surgeons conference been held?

5. What percent of patients regain weight after gastric-bypass surgery?

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