View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Paul in the Prologue?
(a) 36.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

2. In Part 1, Section 2, where were some of Paul's college friends headed to pursue a life in the arts?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Stratford-on-Avon.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. How many months after being introduced to his cadaver, did Paul say he was bisecting the cadaver's head?
(a) Five months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Four months.
(d) Three months.

4. When did Verghese meet Paul?
(a) March 2015.
(b) February 2014.
(c) January 2015.
(d) September 2014.

5. When Paul considered medical school in Part 1, Section 2, how much study time would it take him to get ready for medical school?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years, six months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 36 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Paul's mother trained to be?

2. What were the names of Paul's dogs when he was a teenager?

3. What was Paul's father's occupation?

4. Where did Paul study history and philosophy while he waited for his med school application to be accepted?

5. What was Paul's wife's, Lucy, profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the intern's role when Paul began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

2. What was wrong with Matthew, an eight-year-old, in Part 1, Section 3 and how successful was treatment?

3. How did Paul view language at the beginning of Part 1, Section 2?

4. What did Paul believe setting aside literature would do for him?

5. Why did Paul's father move his family to Arizona?

6. What were some of the things that Paul's mother did in order to see that her children were educated?

7. How would Paul and his friends spends their afternoons in Arizona?

8. Why did Lucy, Paul's girlfriend in Part 1, Section 2, cry when she viewed an EKG while studying at Paul's apartment?

9. What was Paul's educational journey?

10. Why wasn't technical excellence enough as Paul treated patients during his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 732 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample