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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Paul's wife's, Lucy, profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Internist.
(c) Radiologist.
(d) Professor.

2. At the beginning of Part 1, Section 1, what did Paul believe his career would be?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Literature professor.
(d) Writer.

3. In Part 1, Section 3, how many patients were on a list the outgoing intern gave Paul?
(a) 38.
(b) 29.
(c) 43.
(d) 61.

4. When did Paul meet, Lucy, the woman who would become his wife?
(a) When he studied at Cambridge.
(b) Last year of undergraduate studies.
(c) First year of medical school.
(d) Second year of medical school.

5. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the name of the mother whose child had a large brain tumor?
(a) Gina.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Angela.
(d) Claire.

6. What poet did Paul study for his thesis at Stanford?
(a) Stephen Vincent Benet.
(b) Willa Cather.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) George Abbe.

7. Where would Paul camp when his regular room in Part 1, Section 2 were occupied?
(a) Pleasanton.
(b) Tahoe.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Jose.

8. When did William Osler die, who Verghese said was the father of modern medicine?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1931.

9. What philosopher did Paul study with at Stanford?
(a) Richard Rorty.
(b) Christopher Bobonich.
(c) R. Lanier Anderson.
(d) Alan D. Code.

10. What percent of people choose their jobs based upon pay, work environment, and hours?
(a) 99%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 76%.
(d) 6%.

11. What did Paul study as an undergraduate student?
(a) Biology and philosophy.
(b) History and biology.
(c) English and biology.
(d) Biology and botany.

12. On a Thursday in the Prologue, how many hours did Paul spend in the operating room on a series of complex cases?
(a) 36 hours.
(b) 18 hours.
(c) 22 hours.
(d) 31 hours.

13. In the Prologue, what did Paul's weight drop to when he began having chest pain?
(a) 175 pounds.
(b) 145 pounds.
(c) 150 pounds.
(d) 135 pounds.

14. How many times did Verghese meet with Paul?
(a) Once.
(b) Twice.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

15. During Paul's first time working with a cadaver, how many hours a week did he spend "carving up a corpse"?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the general surgery resident a few years senior to Paul, when Paul began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

2. In Part 1, Section 3, how many hours were residents working a week?

3. Of the twins that Paul watched being born by C-section toward the end of Part 1, Section 2, how long did Baby B live?

4. How old was Paul in the Prologue?

5. How many months after being introduced to his cadaver, did Paul say he was bisecting the cadaver's head?

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