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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the pathology assistant who did the dissection for the autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut"?

2. What percent of the population does a crude estimate suggest are afflicted with severe blushing?

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

4. When did Gawande attend medical school?

5. How old was Gawande's daughter Hattie when she broke the bones in her forearm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Were Fitzpatrick's twins healthy when they were born?

2. When did Lazaroff first learn what was wrong?

3. What was the outcome when Noe was taken to court for the deaths of her children in 1998?

4. How incapacitated did Amy Fitzgerald become during her pregnancy?

5. What does Gawande say was the relationship between doctor and patient over a decade ago?

6. Why couldn't Caselli be anesthetized lying down?

7. What do studies show about the chances of obese adults and obese children to lose weight and keep it off?

8. Why were autopsies performed clandestinely in the West even in the nineteenth century?

9. What does it mean that "there is an art to being a patient"?

10. What is a core predicament in medicine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the mysteries and unknowns of medicine and the struggles of what to do with them. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why good doctors go bad and what solutions there are for the problem. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the dilemma that is posed by the necessity for doctors to learn how to treat patients and the necessity for good patient care. Use examples from the book.

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