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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. What was the gestational age of the twins that died during Paul's assignment in the ob-gyn section of the hospital?
2. How old was the guide who led Paul and other students from a neuroscience class through a facility for people who had suffered severe brain injuries in Part 1, Section 1
3. Where was Verghese when he "met" Paul?
4. How old was Paul in the Prologue?
5. At the time Paul was suffering from weight loss and back pain, how long had he been training to be a neurosurgeon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Shep Nuland?
2. What was the intern's role when Paul began his residency in Part 1, Section 3?
3. What were some of the things that Paul's mother did in order to see that her children were educated?
4. What was wrong with Matthew, an eight-year-old, in Part 1, Section 3 and how successful was treatment?
5. What two jobs did Paul apply for during his sophomore summer?
6. How did Paul feel when he made a trip to New York in the Prologue?
7. Why did Paul study literature and philosophy and also neuroscience?
8. What was Paul's educational journey?
9. Why did Mari, a fellow medical student with Paul, feel relief and then shame when a surgery was called off at the end of Part 1, Section 2?
10. How would Paul and his friends spends their afternoons in Arizona?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Paul faced his mortality after his cancer diagnosis. What did he mean by facing his mortality, and how did coming to terms with his mortality help him find meaning in his life and death?
Essay Topic 2
When Paul graduated from high school, becoming a doctor was last on his list of careers. What was Paul's experience with medicine and why was he so against becoming a doctor at that time in his life?
Essay Topic 3
When Paul finished his undergraduate studies, he was still looking for the definition of a biological philosophy. What was a biological philosophy, and why wasn't Paul able to define the term to his satisfaction? How did his dissatisfaction with the answers he found lead him to further academic studies?
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