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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Sacks quote to illustrate his need for patient waiting?
(a) St. Christopher.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Nietzsche.

2. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?
(a) The jokes of the serving nurses.
(b) Sacks' situation.
(c) Everything about the world.
(d) The irony of their respective leg injuries.

3. What would make the state of limbo tolerable?
(a) The knowledge of an end to this state.
(b) The ability to examine one's own thoughts.
(c) The concern of a fellow person in limbo.
(d) The ability to communicate with others.

4. How did Sacks splint his leg?
(a) With his right leg.
(b) With a stick he found on the ground.
(c) With his umbrella.
(d) With his walking stick.

5. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?
(a) Big Ease.
(b) Little Ease.
(c) The Monad.
(d) The Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his recovery, what did Sacks decide was the most important thing of all?

2. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

3. What role did Mary-Kay Wilmers play in Sacks's recovery?

4. How did Sacks meet the bull?

5. Why did Sacks refer to the doctor's visits as "odious" (Chapter Six, pg 159)?

(see the answer key)

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