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

2. What does the main character do with this body part?
(a) Tries to cut it off
(b) Beats it until it is bruised
(c) Throws it out of bed
(d) Asks someone to amputate it

3. How does the main character compensate for his/her disorder?
(a) Requesting brain surgery
(b) By constructing a prosthesis that compensates
(c) By constructing a pair of glasses that compensate
(d) By constructing a wheelchair that compensates

4. At what stage of Sacks' career does he encounter the main character of Chapter Four?
(a) As a doctor in the middle of his career practice
(b) As a young doctor
(c) As a young medical student
(d) As a resident

5. In what place does Jimmie recover a part of himself?
(a) Home
(b) Chapel
(c) Work
(d) School

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character's name is

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

3. Sacks sees his patients as:

4. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?

5. The main character does not like his treatment. How does he/she cope?

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