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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of training did Gawande require to be a general surgeon?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1990.

3. What type of a local anesthetic did the chief resident use when she put in a central line?
(a) Lidocaine.
(b) Triocaine.
(c) Saxitoxin.
(d) Benzocaine.

4. What is the fear of Friday the thirteenth called?
(a) Acrophobia.
(b) Paraskevidekatriaphobia.
(c) Zemmiphobia.
(d) Ballistophobia.

5. What percent of the population does a crude estimate suggest are afflicted with severe blushing?
(a) About 2 percent.
(b) 5 to 10 percent.
(c) 1 to 7 percent.
(d) About 8 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?

2. When did the Goteborg group begin accepting patients who complained of disabling blushing?

3. Where did Gawande grow up?

4. When was the case of the badly infected knee that Goodman mishandled?

5. What was the woman's alcohol level that Gawande had to attend to on a crisp winter Friday?

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