When Breath Becomes Air Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Paul Kalanithi
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

When Breath Becomes Air Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Paul Kalanithi
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 - Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lectured at Yale School of Medicine when Paul and Lucy attended there?
(a) Seth R. Axelrod.
(b) Peter H. Addy.
(c) Shep Nuland.
(d) James J Abrahams.

2. How did Paul feel when he saw a large tumor on his scan in Part 2, Section 3?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Scared.

3. At the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, how many more scans was Paul to have before finishing residency?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

4. When Paul was started on chemotherapy in Part 2, Section 3, how long was he to receive treatment?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

5. Who wrote the poem at the end of Part 2, Section 3, that Paul quoted?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Paul's cancer diagnosis and beginning treatment in Part 2, Section 1, how did he spend the bulk of his week?

2. When working on his first cadaver, what did Paul find undigested in the stomach?

3. Before the cancer, what did Paul think his second career would be?

4. What stage lung cancer did Paul have?

5. How long before Paul's cancer diagnosis had he been in the hospital with appendicitis?

(see the answer key)

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