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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Three, The Disembodied Lady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?
(a) Appendectomy
(b) Gallbladder surgery
(c) Back surgery
(d) Kidney transplant

2. What does Sacks compare his tales to?
(a) Arabian Nights
(b) Lawrence of Arabia
(c) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(d) The Bible

3. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?
(a) Auditory Memory
(b) Visual Memory
(c) Sensual Memory
(d) Olfactory Memory

4. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Disoriented
(b) Depressed
(c) Disembodied
(d) Dispeptic

5. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?
(a) The Marines
(b) The Air Force
(c) The Navy
(d) The Army

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sort of memory does Jimmie G. lack?

2. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:

3. Sacks sees himself as having what kind of personality?

4. For Sacks it is important to treat his patients with:

5. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?

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