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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Final Cut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Rowland Scott Quinlan when he began having problems?
(a) 45.
(b) 56.
(c) 58.
(d) 62.

2. How old was the woman whose autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of the "Final Cut"?
(a) 27.
(b) 41.
(c) 38.
(d) 32.

3. What was Quinlan's occupation?
(a) Construction supervisor.
(b) Architect.
(c) Construction worker.
(d) Engineer.

4. What percentage of workers' compensation payments are paid to sufferers of back pain?
(a) 35 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 40 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

5. In what country is it controversial to keep the internal organs of the deceased after an autopsy?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Britain.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years have there been workplace programs to focus on the proper way to lift among other things?

2. When does the American College of Surgeons convention take place?

3. Who directs the chronic-pain treatment center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston?

4. How old was the first patient for whom Gawande was expected to request an autopsy?

5. When did Quinlan fall off a plank at a construction site?

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