When Breath Becomes Air Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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 | Four Week Quiz B

Paul Kalanithi
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2- Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Section 2, after Paul's second CT scan, how long did Emma say he might think about living?
(a) Eight years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

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

3. Before the cancer, how many years had Paul thought he would be a surgeon-scientist?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

4. What was Paul's father's occupation?
(a) Cardiologist.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Internist.

5. What stage lung cancer did Paul have?
(a) III.
(b) IV.
(c) VI.
(d) V.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his daughter's birth, how did Paul describe time?

2. What did Paul decide to do after remembering Samuel Beckett's words in Part 2, Section 2?

3. During Paul's first time working with a cadaver, how many hours a week did he spend "carving up a corpse"?

4. How much older was Paul's oncologist than he was in Part 2, Section 1?

5. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 2, what master's program did Paul apply for?

(see the answer key)

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