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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Excesses: Introduction and Chapter Ten, Witty Ticcy Ray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks' book is different from a college textbook in that it:
(a) Has a friendlier style
(b) Has a slower pace
(c) Has a more rushed style
(d) Has a more scientific style

2. The main character's disorder involves a breakdown of cooperation between which three body systems?
(a) Hearing, balance organs, and proprioception
(b) Vision, balance organs, and proprioception
(c) Hearing, balance organs, and vision
(d) Hearing, proprioception, and vision

3. Dr. P cannot recognize what?
(a) Sounds
(b) Emotions
(c) Faces
(d) Pictures

4. Sacks finds his patients:
(a) Horrible
(b) Boring
(c) Intriguing
(d) Evil

5. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?
(a) Agnosia
(b) Retrograde Amnesia
(c) Prosopagnosia
(d) Amnesia

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks sees his patients as:

2. At what stage of Sacks' career does he encounter the main character of Chapter Four?

3. Sacks is a:

4. The main character suffers a stroke and this affects which side of his/her brain?

5. The main character's symptoms are:

(see the answer key)

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