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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.
(b) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.
(c) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.
(d) Luria was a close family friend.

2. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?
(a) Investigated current neuropsychological practice.
(b) Written two other books about medical phenomena.
(c) Strengthened his legs so he could hike again.
(d) Interviewed hundreds of similar patients.

3. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
(a) Newton's apple.
(b) Archimedes' bathtub.
(c) Einstein's theory of relativity.
(d) Galileo's earth.

4. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?
(a) That he had forgotten to take extra water.
(b) How utterly alone he was.
(c) That the bull might be following him.
(d) How far he had climbed up the mountain before falling.

5. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?
(a) The long recovery time.
(b) The inability of his doctors to understand him.
(c) The pain he felt during his whole recovery.
(d) The complexity of effects he experienced during recovery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?

3. What was the occasion for this book?

4. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?

5. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

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