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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Harvard psychologist William James observe that certain deaf people were immune to seasickness?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1715.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1882.

2. How many children did Marie Noe have?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. Where was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?
(a) Highway 17.
(b) New York City's F.D.R. Drive.
(c) Interstate 81.
(d) Interstate 88.

4. What disease had the woman whose autopsy Gwande observed at the beginning of "Final Cut" struggled with?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) MS.
(c) Parkinson's Disease.
(d) Diabetes.

5. What body part had to be amputated on the man with necrotizing fasciitis?
(a) His hand.
(b) His ear.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

6. How high was Bratton's fever when she decided to go to the doctor?
(a) 101 degrees.
(b) 103 degrees.
(c) 102 degrees.
(d) 104 degrees.

7. What year did a book cause a shift in how decision are made in medicine?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1993.

8. What network did Christine Drury work for when she was the overnight anchorwoman?
(a) CNN.
(b) ABC.
(c) CBS.
(d) NBC.

9. How many weeks into her pregnancy was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

10. What was the name of Lazaroff's son?
(a) Alex.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) David.

11. When was a manuscript written that described putting delinquent juveniles inside a box outside town hall that would be spun at high speed until the youth vomited?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1914.

12. How old was Noe's husband when she plead to guilty to killing her children?
(a) 77.
(b) 81.
(c) 78.
(d) 80.

13. What was Victor Caselli's occupation?
(a) Assembly-line worker.
(b) Heavy-machine operator and road construction contractor.
(c) Sanitation engineer.
(d) Semi-truck driver.

14. How many hours each time did Bratton spend in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 1 hours.

15. When did the Goteborg group begin accepting patients who complained of disabling blushing?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?

2. Who wrote "The Silent World of Doctor and Patient"?

3. How many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?

4. How old was Victor Caselli?

5. How much weight did Lazaroff lose in a few months?

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