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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Part 2, Section 1, after his diagnosis, what animal did Paul compare himself to?
(a) Cow.
(b) Dog.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cat.

4. When Paul had performed surgery before his cancer diagnosis in Part 2, Section 1, how many hours was he in the operating room?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 36.
(d) 24.

5. At what time at the beginning of Part 2, Section 3, did Paul sit down to look at patients' scans and his own scans?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

6. After his daughter's birth, what did Paul see before him?
(a) Death.
(b) Life.
(c) An empty wasteland.
(d) A blank page.

7. In what Shakespearean play did the character Gloucester complain about human fate?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) King Lear.

8. When Paul left the hospital after his cancer diagnois in Part 2, Section 1, how long ago had he been in the operating room?
(a) One week.
(b) Eight days.
(c) Six. days.
(d) Two weeks.

9. After Paul began operating again in Part 2, Section 2, how long did it take before he was operating a nearly full load?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) Three weeks.

10. After Paul had his first CT scan in Part 2, Section 2, how many nodules showed on the scan?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

11. What was the first surgery Paul performed when he returned after his cancer diagnosis?
(a) Temporal lobectomy.
(b) Laminectomy.
(c) Craniotomy.
(d) Brain clot surgery.

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

13. What college reunion did Paul celebrate at Stanford after his daughter's birth?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

14. In Part 2, Section 2, when did Paul and Lucy go to church with Paul's parents?
(a) First Sunday in May.
(b) Third Sunday of Lent.
(c) Last Sunday in March.
(d) Easter.

15. Who drove Paul to his first follow-up appointment with Emma after his discharge from the hospital in Part 2, Section 4?
(a) His father-in-law.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Section 4, when had Paul's hair thinned the most?

3. How long after Paul counseled a family to withdraw life support for their son, did the parents show up with a video showing their son playing the piano?

4. What color was the pill that Paul began taking in Part 2, Section 1?

5. What did Paul have to drink during his college reunion at Stanford after his daughter was born?

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