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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?
(a) The Left hemisphere
(b) The right hemisphere
(c) Frontal lobe
(d) Parietal lobe
2. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.
(b) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.
(c) Recommending surgery.
(d) Putting a food tray out of reach.
3. Who is the main character of the chapter?
(a) Mr. P.
(b) Madeline J.
(c) Christina
(d) Jimmie G.
4. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?
(a) 1945
(b) 1965
(c) 1955
(d) 1975
5. Sacks sees his patients as:
(a) Mere medical files
(b) Real people
(c) Mere case studies
(d) Crazy
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?
2. The main character has which problem?
3. At what stage of Sacks' career does he encounter the main character of Chapter Four?
4. Sacks thinks of his patients as:
5. What does Sacks call his chapters?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the cause of the main character's affliction? When is it first treated? When does it return?
2. What is the main character's affliction? What crime is he on trial for? What is the outcome of the trial?
3. What is the change in the main character's demeanor in the chapter and why?
4. What is Mrs. B's condition? How does it affect her? Is she bothered by it?
5. Sacks claims that he is trying to mix two different parts of his personality. Which two parts are these and how does he attempt to mix them?
6. To what degree does Sachs see himself as a novelist? And to what degree does he see himself as a scientist?
7. What is the overall theme of the book?
8. What is Witty Ticcy Ray's treatment? Why doesn't he like it at first? How does he cope with it?
9. How does Dr. Sacks approach the main character?
10. To what extent can William escape his affliction? Which activities allow him to escape it?
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