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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?
2. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?
3. How did Sacks splint his leg?
4. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?
5. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened after Sacks tried to catch the bus outside the Kilburn pool? How did this exactly match his previous experiences?
2. What did Sacks think when he saw his left leg for the first time in two weeks? How did his own thoughts tie into the doctor's summary of the recovery?
3. How did Sacks treat the warning sign about the bull? What does this reveal about his attitude?
4. A large portion of the horror Sacks felt in Limbo was the silence. What other time has Sacks experienced such deep silence? How does this connection contribute to Limbo?
5. On page 167, how is the account of this man's body-agnosia similar to Sacks'? How is it different?
6. While Sacks was lying in his small hospital room, what happened to his eyes? How was this transformation similar to his leg's injury?
7. How does the quote at the beginning of Chapter Four compare to Sacks's own words which begin the chapter?
8. Chapter Two begins with the idea that Sacks's story was over. How might the readership have been different if he had actually ended the story here?
9. What differences exist between the 1993 edition of the book and the previous editions? Without having read the previous edition, do you think these changes are positive?
10. When Sacks's right arm and shoulder were immobilized, what happened? What did this tell him about a person's body image?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does sight play in Sacks's story? When is his sight best and worst? What affects his sight? How do his eyes serve as symbols of his leg's injury and recovery?
Essay Topic 2
Sacks says that during his descent from the mountain, his awkward way of moving became natural (Chapter One, pg 10). He stopped thinking about it as the action became automatic. In what ways is this phenomenon exhibited throughout the book?
Essay Topic 3
What is the main point of A Leg to Stand On? In other words, what does Sacks most want his readers to learn? How does he illustrate or argue for this point throughout the book?
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