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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was an activity of the main character's?
(a) Science
(b) Writing
(c) Politics
(d) Preaching

2. How do the twins score on IQ tests?
(a) Average
(b) Very low
(c) Low
(d) Very high

3. What is the name of the main character in this chapter?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Mrs O'M
(c) Madeline
(d) Luria

4. What disease does the main character have?
(a) Parkinson's
(b) Huntingdon's Disease
(c) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(d) Alzheimer's

5. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Bhagawhandi
(b) Mrs. O'M
(c) Mrs. O'C
(d) Emily

6. What hobby does the main character take up later in life?
(a) Blogging
(b) Pottery
(c) Gardening
(d) Stamp Collecting

7. To what extent does the main character recognize his disorder?
(a) Only at certain times
(b) Only when he is willing to face the truth
(c) All the time
(d) Not at all

8. Sacks calls the main character:
(a) A Foolish Isaiah
(b) An Idiot Ecclesiastes
(c) A Shadow of Ruth
(d) A Friend of God

9. Who are the two twins in the chapter?
(a) Michael and Ray
(b) John and Michael
(c) Jimmy and John
(d) Ray and John

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

11. Later on in life, but before being separated, what entertainment venue do the twins participate in?
(a) Carnivals
(b) Newspaper
(c) Television
(d) Radio

12. The main character in this chapter controls her disorder by doing what?
(a) Dancing
(b) Mimicing other people's actions
(c) Medicine
(d) Intense Concentration

13. What is the treatment the main character undergoes?
(a) L-Amictal
(b) L-Acroymose
(c) L-Depikote
(d) L-Dopa

14. What is the cause of their ability?
(a) No one knows
(b) A Lesion in the Amygdala
(c) A Dense Frontal Cortex
(d) An Enlarged Temporal Lobe

15. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) A Brain Lesion
(b) A Lobotomy
(c) A Seizure
(d) A Brain Tumor

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the main character describe what is happening to her?

2. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?

3. How long does this affliction last?

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

5. William Penfield calls the disorder discussed in the chapter by what technical name?

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