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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Neurosurgery and Neurology: Lesions of the Soul.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Konner think was unrealistic about the doctor he saw on TV?
(a) He cared about his patients.
(b) He got away with gross incompetence.
(c) He was relentless in his pursuit of nurses.
(d) He had no life outside the hospital.

2. What was Scott Lucas' role?
(a) To take blood.
(b) To test the woman's blood type.
(c) To reinflate the woman's lung.
(d) To get the woman's clothes off.

3. What was Konner convinced of, after Mike's mistake?
(a) Mike Colucci was never going to be a surgeon.
(b) Marty Wentworth practiced bad medicine.
(c) Surgery is a dangerous business.
(d) He was not surgeon material himself.

4. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?
(a) Med student.
(b) Observer.
(c) Intern.
(d) Doctor.

5. How does Konner characterize Dr. Brennan's medical skills?
(a) He says that he could not recognize what was staring him in the face.
(b) He says that he was aloof and defensive, and made a lot of mistakes.
(c) He says that he saw beyond the CAT scans.
(d) He says that he was so friendly that his medical procedures seemed more successful than they were.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?

2. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?

3. What did Konner find for the street person who came in with a minor injury?

4. When did walk-rounds begin in the Emergency Ward?

5. What is 'bagging' a patient?

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