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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?
(a) He does not say.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Indignation.

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

4. What was the occasion for this book?
(a) The study of an unusual patient.
(b) An accident with expected effects.
(c) An accident with peculiar effects.
(d) Reading a book about an unusual patient.

5. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

2. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?

3. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?

4. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?

5. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?

(see the answer key)

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