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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. Who is the main character in this chapter?
(a) Mr. MacGregor
(b) Christina
(c) Jimmie G.
(d) Mr. P
2. Which capacity of the main character is enhanced by his/her disability?
(a) The ability to comprehend complex words
(b) The ability to see color.
(c) The ability to understand speaking tone
(d) The ability to comprehend simple sentences.
3. Sacks is a:
(a) Economist
(b) Neuroscientist
(c) Journalist
(d) Philosopher
4. Dr. P is a teacher of what?
(a) Music
(b) Art
(c) Literature
(d) Philosophy
5. Sacks sees his patients as:
(a) Mere medical files
(b) Mere case studies
(c) Crazy
(d) Real people
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?
2. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?
3. Sacks' patients are typically:
4. What feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?
5. What aspect of his patients is Sacks concerned to communicate to his reader?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the main character believe is wrong?
2. What is the main character's response to her treatment? How does she react?
3. What central feature of all humans is Sacks worried that Jimmie lacks? Why is Sacks so worried? And what alleviates his worry?
4. What is Mrs. S condition? What is its cause? What are some of her symptoms?
5. How does Christina cope with her condition?
6. What is Witty Ticcy Ray's treatment? Why doesn't he like it at first? How does he cope with it?
7. What is Sacks's attitude towards his patients?
8. What is phantom limb syndrome? What are its disadvantages?
9. What is strange about the period that Jimmie is stuck in from Dr. Sacks' perspective?
10. What is the change in the main character's demeanor in the chapter and why?
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