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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?
(a) Fear.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Inhibitions.
(d) Anger.

2. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1982.

3. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Hopefulness.
(d) Patience.

4. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Mountain.
(b) The Bull.
(c) The Fall.
(d) The Beginning.

5. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?
(a) As a novel or short story.
(b) As an autobiography.
(c) As a prose poem.
(d) As an expose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?

2. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?

3. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?

4. When riding to the hospital where he would be operated on, Sacks felt dread. How was this different from the dread he had felt on the mountain?

5. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

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