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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?
(a) Because he is caught up in the intricacies of his disease.
(b) Because, if he has strong familial support, the world's shrinking does not matter.
(c) Because his mental faculties are not engaged in the world around him.
(d) Because his frame of reference has also shrunk.

2. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?
(a) His brain could not communicate with either leg.
(b) His tendon had not been fully reconnected.
(c) The muscle was completely wasted away.
(d) He had forgotten how.

3. When Sacks gave thanks for his health and recovery, what was most important about that action?
(a) The words he used to express his thoughts.
(b) The deity to whom he addressed his thanks.
(c) The amount of thankfulness he actually felt.
(d) The feeling of humility and gratefulness.

4. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?
(a) Comfortable and happy.
(b) Worried about the doctor's prognosis.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Thrilled to be alive.

5. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?
(a) Man can be stronger than the mountain.
(b) The mountain is impersonal.
(c) The mountain begrudges any human infiltration.
(d) The mountain is hostile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?

2. When moving out of his tiny hospital room, why did Sacks see the world as two-dimensional?

3. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

4. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?

5. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?

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