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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. What does Roy mean when he refers to "Cooper's Droopers"?
2. How does Chuck ensure clean sheets for himself in the on-call sleeping room?
3. The rumor is that the Fat Man was seen on what TV show talking about his invention?
4. What is Chuck's excuse for being late to rotation?
5. Roy was on a Rhodes Scholarship for what sport?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what "gomers go to ground" means and what it entails.
2. Why does the Fat Man say that in internal medicine it's not necessary to see the patients?
3. What is a LOL in NAD?
4. Roy and Chuck don't attend to their patients at all. Why does this end up working out for them?
5. Why does the Fat Man say the interns should do a bad job filling out the paperwork?
6. What keeps reminding Roy of all the gomers from the House?
7. What is a "slurper"?
8. Gilheeny and Quick tell a story about an intern Grenade Room Dubler, who was set up with a favor by the policemen. What was the favor, and what was the outcome?
9. What insignia starts appearing all over the hospital by Roy's name, and what do people take it to mean?
10. What is Roy's mother's reaction when she senses his ambivalence about medicine and the internship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Irony is defined as when something happens that is the opposite of what was expected. Explain in detail an instance in the novel that could be described as ironic. Be specific about what was expected and why the outcome was such a surprise. Also, please explain why the author may have chosen to present this situation ironically.
Essay Topic 2
One moment Roy believes the Fat Man to be right about everything, and then he questions him the next moment. For a good amount of time, he believes Pinkus had the right idea about medicine, until he snapped out of it. Why do you believe that Roy had such confusion regarding the different perspectives of the doctors? Was it because he was devoid of an opinion of his own, or was he just susceptible to others' viewpoints?
Essay Topic 3
Roy is steered in the direction of considering psychiatry instead the continuation of medical school. His father admits he always was good figuring out people. Come up with at least three instances where Roy displayed character traits which are in line with those of psychiatry. Explain in detail how these traits would help him in the field.
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