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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - Nine Thousand Surgeons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How late were clinical sessions lined up until at the surgeons convention?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

2. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?
(a) About 2 years after finishing medical school.
(b) 18 months after finishing medical school.
(c) Right from medical school.
(d) About a year after finishing medical school.

3. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) David Angston.
(b) Michael Bartholomew.
(c) Lars Edenbrandt.
(d) William Baxt.

4. How many companies were registered in attendance at the surgeons convention?
(a) Around 300 companies.
(b) Some 1200 companies.
(c) About 1700 companies.
(d) About 900 companies.

5. How many surgeons attended the American College of Surgeons convention?
(a) 10,312.
(b) 7,648.
(c) 8,914.
(d) 9,312.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?

2. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

3. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

4. Who was the chief resident in charge of the procedure on a teenage knifing victim?

5. How much did a robotic surgery device cost that Gawande's department purchased?

(see the answer key)

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