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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment about Charlotte was red-penciled off her chart?
(a) She appreciated kind attention.
(b) She is friendly and cooperative.
(c) She cannot tolerate her own image.
(d) She is willing to work to improve her condition.

2. How long was Konner away from the hospital for, as a result of this nomination?
(a) 36 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 18 hours.

3. How does Konner say Dr. Downing responded to the woman whose sixty-five year old mother had just died?
(a) Hostility.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Deep personal concern.
(d) No sympathy.

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

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

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

7. What objection does Konner make to the training of physicians?
(a) They are taught to focus on the bureaucratic profile of a case, not the human experience.
(b) They are taught to consider human health, but the system really teaches them to make money and get out quick.
(c) They are expected to master an enormous set of shifting facts.
(d) They are not generally involved in the lives of the patients they are treating.

8. What did the residents explain to the daughter of the woman suffering with terminal cancer?
(a) When her mother could be released back to her home.
(b) What heroic measures could still be taken.
(c) Why her mother should be allowed to die.
(d) What surgery and chemotherapy would cost.

9. What does Konner say African men did when their wives were in labor?
(a) Put animals in their robes as if they had given birth to them.
(b) Leave the village until they were done.
(c) Induce constipation.
(d) Hold their wives' hands and encourage them through the pain.

10. What did Konner deliver twice, in his first week?
(a) Still births.
(b) Down syndrome babies.
(c) Twins.
(d) Triplets.

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

12. How was Konner involved in the birth of Barbara and Stan's second child?
(a) He was on call throughout the home birth.
(b) He recommended the nurse-midwives.
(c) He introduced them to each other.
(d) He performed the delivery.

13. How does Konner say Dr. Greenspan was embroiled in a controversy?
(a) He pursued a staff member.
(b) He defended a subordinate.
(c) He published others' work.
(d) He faked some research results.

14. What organ did Konner remove during his first autopsy?
(a) Heart.
(b) Gall bladder.
(c) Brain.
(d) Kidney.

15. What department was Richard Harrison head of?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Neurology.
(c) Gastroenterology.
(d) Cardiology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused RPTA for Konner?

2. What were surgeons going to correct in patient Laura's laparotomy?

3. What could Konner do for Stan while Barb was suffering complications?

4. What gave Konner an emotional boost during his rotation with Dr. Brass?

5. In whose eye did Konner see a compassionate tear?

(see the answer keys)

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