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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Five, Hands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:
(a) Damaging of the pain centers of the spinal and cranial nerves
(b) Damaging of the sensory roots of the spinal and cranial nerves
(c) Damaging of the sensory roots of the nerves attached to skin
(d) Damaging of the pain centers of the nerves attached to skin

2. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?
(a) Severly
(b) Not at all
(c) Moderately
(d) Slightly

3. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?
(a) He bleeds profusely.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) He throws himself onto the floor.
(d) He howls with pain.

4. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his leg is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his hands are someone else's.
(c) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(d) He believes that his face is someone else's.

5. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Agitated and angry
(b) Fearful and uneasy
(c) Calm and even tempered
(d) Upbeat and joyful

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the patient respond to Sacks?

3. Sacks finds his patients:

4. Sacks' book is different from a college textbook in that it:

5. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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