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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Acknowledgements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sacks's accident occur?
(a) In the hills of Germany.
(b) On a mountain in Finland.
(c) On a mountain in Norway.
(d) In the Swiss Alps.

2. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) Thomas Gunn.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

3. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?
(a) A personal, religious faith.
(b) A deeper understanding of the patient-doctor relationship.
(c) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.
(d) A critique of modern neurological medicine.

4. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?
(a) Oslo.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Moscow.

5. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.
(b) The Man in the Shattered Hope.
(c) The Man with the Shattered World.
(d) The Man with the Shattered Arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?

2. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

3. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?

4. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?

5. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?

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