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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.
(b) An artery was torn.
(c) His femur was broken.
(d) The quadriceps was paralyzed.

2. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?
(a) That he was approaching the gallows.
(b) That he was losing his humanity and individuality.
(c) That he was reaching the purity of non-being.
(d) That he was finally reaching a place of hope.

3. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eight years.

4. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?
(a) His editors.
(b) His son.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?

2. What would make the state of limbo tolerable?

3. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?

4. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?

5. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

(see the answer key)

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