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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?
(a) 10,312.
(b) 9,312.
(c) 7,648.
(d) 8,914.
2. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?
(a) $750,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $550,000.
(d) $980,000.
3. What did Turk Wendell insist that his salary be for the 1999 season?
(a) $750,000.99.
(b) $500,000.99.
(c) $1,200,000.99.
(d) $2,100,000.99.
4. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
(a) About 900 companies.
(b) About 1700 companies.
(c) Around 300 companies.
(d) Some 1200 companies.
5. How much money did Goodman make in a year when he was doing well?
(a) $300,000.
(b) $400,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $250,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?
2. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?
3. Who examined a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against the computer?
4. What color did Duke Ellington and his band members not wear during a show?
5. What did Quinlan hurt when he fell off a plank at a construction site?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Rowland Scott Quinlan have to give up his firm to his partners?
2. Where can doctors candidly discuss medical mistakes?
3. Why is there often no mechanical explanation for severe back pain?
4. What is the most important criteria for becoming a surgeon?
5. What is the Texas-sharpshooter fallacy?
6. What did Gawande watch during the afternoon of his first day at the surgeons convention?
7. What was Hank Goodman's reputation before he lost his license?
8. What is a Terribly Quiet Chat and how effective can one be?
9. Why aren't compassion and technology necessarily incompatible?
10. What was the shift like that Gawande worked on Friday the thirteenth?
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