A Leg to Stand On Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Leg to Stand On Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important concept did Sacks find in Kant's writing?

2. While under the spinal anesthesia, how did Sacks perceive his body?

3. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?

4. Why could Head not explain the poetry of music and movement the way he felt it?

5. When Sacks first entered into the field of neurology, what excited him most?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sacks use dialogue throughout the story? How is the dialogue divided among the people in his life? What are the varying tones of the dialogue? What does the use of dialogue contribute to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Note Dr. Swan's attitude toward Sacks's injury compared to Sacks's attitude. How do they differ? In Sacks's attitude toward his own injury, what are the elements of a physician? What are the elements of a patient? What does he think of Dr. Swan's professional opinion?

Essay Topic 3

What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns? When was this support returned? How did Sacks change his career so that he could give this particular support to the patients he treated?

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