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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?
(a) Like death.
(b) Like a dream.
(c) Like resurrection.
(d) Like the embodiment of hope.

2. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Sleeks.
(c) Swan.
(d) Goose.

3. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?
(a) Sacks' recovery was expected to take two short months.
(b) Sacks had not died on the operating table.
(c) They were alive and together.
(d) They were drunk and did not care what they celebrated.

4. During his recovery, what did Sacks decide was the most important thing of all?
(a) Life.
(b) Strength.
(c) Family.
(d) Health.

5. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?

2. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

3. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?

4. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?

5. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?

(see the answer key)

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