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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Konner do for Stan while Barb was suffering complications?
(a) Translate medical jargon.
(b) Contact experts in the field.
(c) Provide emotional support.
(d) Commandeer nurses and hospital resources.

2. How does Konner characterize the American medical industry?
(a) A spiritual wasteland.
(b) A corrupt and mismanaged business.
(c) An ineffective bureaucracy.
(d) A model of soulless efficiency.

3. What condition does Konner's Uncle Dave suffer?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

4. What does Konner's friend call to discuss with him?
(a) His fainting spells.
(b) His aging mother.
(c) Applying to med school.
(d) His pregnant wife.

5. How does Konner characterize obstetrics?
(a) An emergency situation that usually has a good outcome.
(b) A nervous situation of waiting to see whether a birth will even require medical care.
(c) An artificial intrusion of Western medicine into human life.
(d) A horrifying spectacle of women in intense pain.

6. What was the result when Konner broke one of the rules about which patients he could help?
(a) He was sanctioned.
(b) He caused unnecessary complications.
(c) He was reprimanded by the hospital.
(d) He was appreciated.

7. In whose eye did Konner see a compassionate tear?
(a) A nurse's.
(b) A physician's.
(c) An intern's.
(d) A patient's.

8. When did Konner begin his gynecology rotation?
(a) Valentines day.
(b) Groundhog's day.
(c) Christmas day.
(d) Independence Day.

9. Who was Konner's first autopsy?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A mathematician.
(c) A housewife.
(d) A professor.

10. What condition gave Konner cause for concern in his friend's pregnancy?
(a) Alcoholism in the family.
(b) High risk of Down syndrome.
(c) Hypertension.
(d) Ambiguous ultrasounds.

11. What does Konner say made his rounds poignant when he was working with Dr. Downing?
(a) The patients were children.
(b) One of the patients had been a famous singer.
(c) Dr. Downing was herself sick with cancer.
(d) Three patients were terminal.

12. What does Konner say about Charlotte?
(a) She gave him a reason to continue practicing medicine.
(b) She inspired him to write about his experiences.
(c) Her case convinced him to get out of medicine.
(d) She dominated his last six weeks in his third year.

13. How does Konner characterize Dr. Brass?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Enigmatic.
(d) Vulgar.

14. What does Konner say is the typical method of childbirth in the U.S.?
(a) Fully-conscious, without drugs.
(b) Full-conscious with pain drugs.
(c) Heavily sedated.
(d) C-section.

15. How did Dr. Harrison rate Konner's performance?
(a) Near excellent.
(b) Insufficient.
(c) Satisfactory.
(d) High pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Konner's justification for not practicing medicine?

2. What did Konner suffer from on his trip to Galen the day after his ob/gyn rotation?

3. How does Konner say Dr. Greenspan was embroiled in a controversy?

4. What was the treatment Dr. Brass recommended for the Pickwickian syndrome case?

5. What brought about an improvement in Charlotte's condition?

(see the answer keys)

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