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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - When Good Doctors Go Bad.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the patient Gawande saw while on trauma duty who had been shot in the buttock?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

2. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?
(a) 5-6 percent.
(b) 3-5 percent.
(c) 1-2 percent.
(d) 7-8 percent.

3. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?
(a) Fatal System Error.
(b) No Room for Error.
(c) Errors and Medicine.
(d) Human Error.

4. How old was the former orthopedic surgeon that Gawande writes about in "When Good Doctors Go Bad"?
(a) 56.
(b) 51.
(c) 62.
(d) 48.

5. How many central lines did Gawande try before succeeding on his own?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?

2. How heavy was the woman that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

3. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

4. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

5. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?

(see the answer key)

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