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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pathology: The Aspect of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Konner reaffirm during his visit with family?
(a) Not to practice medicine.
(b) Not to be a surgeon.
(c) To write an expose about his time in med school.
(d) To publish an anthropological piece on his time in med school.

2. What crude behavior does Konner describe from a resident physician?
(a) Insulting the interns in front of the patients.
(b) Exposing himself to a patient.
(c) Snickering at a woman's diagnosis.
(d) Making racist/sexist jokes with the patients.

3. How did Dr. Feldstein make an impression on Konner?
(a) By describing successes with radical procedures.
(b) By presenting a contrasting range of patients.
(c) By his calm under pressure.
(d) By his patience and insight.

4. What restrictions did Konner have to observe after scrubbing in?
(a) He could not talk to anyone.
(b) He could not discuss other cases.
(c) He could not touch anything.
(d) He could not leave the surgery ward.

5. What are Konner's feelings about abortion?
(a) He refrains from making a judgment.
(b) He things it is understandable and acceptable.
(c) He sees it as a necessary evil.
(d) He is appalled by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did patient Edwards regain after surgery?

2. For what did John Williams set records?

3. What does Konner say is a benefit of obstetrics?

4. What is 'dura mater'?

5. What kinds of cases is Katherine Ballard interested in?

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