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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Eight, Eyes Right!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks sees his patients as:
(a) Crazy
(b) Real people
(c) Mere medical files
(d) Mere case studies

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

3. Who is the main character in this chapter?
(a) Mr. P
(b) Mr. MacGregor
(c) Jimmie G.
(d) Christina

4. How does the patient respond to Sacks?
(a) He believes Sacks hesitantly.
(b) He argues with Sacks but eventually agrees with him.
(c) He does not believe Sacks.
(d) He recognizes that Sacks is right.

5. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
(a) National Institutes of Mental Health
(b) Neuroscience Clinic
(c) Therapist's Office
(d) Home for the Aged

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is the main character?

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

4. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?

5. What percentage of individuals in the old folks home where the main character lives end up using his/her solution to his/her disorder?

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