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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Section 3, what was the name of Paul's friend from medical school who was hit by a car and died after surgery?

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

3. What was Paul's middle name?

4. Where did Paul begin his residency in Part 1, Section 3?

5. Who lectured at Yale School of Medicine when Paul and Lucy attended there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Shep Nuland?

2. What was Paul's educational journey?

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

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

5. How did Paul feel when he made a trip to New York in the Prologue?

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

7. In Part 1, Section 3, who was the first patient Paul lost, and how did she die?

8. How were bodies provided for medical school in the past?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paul chose to keep his mental faculties and speech intact, over the health of his body. What steps did Paul and his doctors take to help him retain his mental faculties and speech? Why was it so important to Paul to preserve thought and speech and what did that reveal about him?

Essay Topic 2

Paul was a rare physician who loved and understood literature. How did Paul use literature and his medical studies to understand life and the human existence?

Essay Topic 3

Paul believed that somber, respectful medical students often transformed into callous, arrogant doctors. What experiences did medical students have that transformed them into calloused, arrogant doctors? Why did they often forget the human side of medicine as their studies progressed?

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