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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. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Doctor
(b) Lawyer
(c) Medical Student
(d) Nurse

2. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.
(b) Recommending surgery.
(c) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.
(d) Putting a food tray out of reach.

3. Sacks thinks of his patients as:
(a) Villains
(b) Friends
(c) Tragedies
(d) Heroes

4. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?
(a) Frontal lobe
(b) The Left hemisphere
(c) Parietal lobe
(d) The right hemisphere

5. Are patients with the main character's disorder aware of their problem?
(a) Yes
(b) It's not clear
(c) Sometimes
(d) No

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the main character experienced over the last twenty-four years?

2. If Sacks called his chapters 'studies' what would that mean about his attitude?

3. The main character responds to treatment by first regaining what?

4. Who is the main character of this chapter?

5. Sacks says taht for a long time which part of the brain was thought to be less complex?

(see the answer key)

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