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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Nineteen, Murder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?
(a) Edelman
(b) Pinker
(c) Luria
(d) Petersen

2. What is proprioception?
(a) The sense that monitors the heartbeat.
(b) The sense of smell.
(c) The sense of taste.
(d) The sense that monitors physical movement.

3. How old is the character in this chapter?
(a) Late twenties
(b) Sixties
(c) Late forties
(d) Early thirties

4. Dr. P is a teacher of what?
(a) Philosophy
(b) Music
(c) Art
(d) Literature

5. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?
(a) Blindness
(b) A Virus
(c) There is no cause; it is an illusion.
(d) Cerebral Palsy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character of the chapter?

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

3. Who is the main character of this chapter?

4. How does the main character feel about his/her body?

5. The main character's symptoms are:

(see the answer key)

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