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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) The depression following surgery.
(b) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(c) Darkness of soul.
(d) Being utterly alone in the world.

2. In order to escape being caught on the mountain all night, what was the latest possible time Sacks could reach help?
(a) Six o'clock PM.
(b) Nine o'clock PM.
(c) Ten o'clock PM.
(d) Eight o'clock PM.

3. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?
(a) Concern.
(b) Pity.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Rage.

4. What was Sacks's general opinion about the patients in the convalescent home?
(a) They were pretty knowledgeable about the world and their places in it.
(b) None of them had as compelling a story as he did.
(c) They were all smarter than the doctors.
(d) They were generally stupid and clueless.

5. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?
(a) He was being trampled by a fish with hooves.
(b) He was again on the Mountain and his leg had lost all its nerves.
(c) His injured leg was made of marble and he could not lift it.
(d) He was running from the bull but could not move anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?

2. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?

3. What word does Nietzsche use to describe the feeling that convalescence brings?

4. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?

5. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?

(see the answer key)

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