Class 11 - Birth (Snapshots)

Usually so (a)   , Andrew now felt dull and listless.

He had no premonition that this night call would prove unusual. The word 'premonition' means - ________

• foresight

• insight

• sight

• None

Andrew calls the old woman (Susan Morgan's mother) wise in experience. Why?

• She offered a cup of tea

• She knew there must be a period of waiting

• She was afraid that the doctor might leave the case

• All of the above

What was Andrew's opinion about marriage after he witnessed an episode at Cardiff station with Christine?

• Marriage was a blissful affair

• Marriages were dismal failures

• Marriage was the essential

• Marriage was an idyllic state

Which of these did Susan suggest through her mother?

• Not to give her hot water

• Not to give her cold water

• Not to give her chloroform

• None of the above

What was Andrew's predicament as soon as he saw the still born baby?

• He was horrified to see the stillborn child

• His face, heated with his own exertions, chilled suddenly.

• He was torn between his desire to attempt to resuscitate the child and his obligation towards the mother.

• None of the above

When Andrew realised that the baby suffered from asphyxia, what did he immediately ask for

• Hot water

• Cold water

• Lukewarm water

• Hot water and Cold water

What special method of respiration did Andrew use to restore the baby's life?

• He rubbed the baby's body

• He juggled the baby between hot and cold water basins

• He use a hypodermic syringe

• All of the above

"I have done something real at last". Why does Andrew say so?

• He felt a sense of fulfillment when he sincerely put in an effort to save the baby.

• All this while, he was just focussed on Christine

• He had not yet started his practice

• He was not skilled at treating infants all this while.