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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Case of the Red Leg.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who directs the chronic-pain treatment center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston?
(a) Dr. Wyatt Irving.
(b) Dr. Edgar Ross.
(c) Dr. Marshall Davidson.
(d) Dr. Robert Edgington.

3. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?
(a) 5:00 a.m.
(b) 1:15 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 2:15 a.m.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

2. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. How old was the patient who needed a central line?

4. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

5. How old was the pathology assistant who did the dissection for the autopsy Gawande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut"?

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