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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 main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(b) An artery was torn.
(c) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.
(d) His femur was broken.

2. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 23rd.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 24th.
(d) The 7th.

3. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?
(a) Swing his leg to the left.
(b) Bend his knee.
(c) Tense up his quadriceps.
(d) Lift his leg.

4. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?
(a) Their attitude toward other people.
(b) Their demeanor of illness.
(c) Their white hospital gowns.
(d) Their various bandages and stitches.

5. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?
(a) Sacks' situation.
(b) Everything about the world.
(c) The jokes of the serving nurses.
(d) The irony of their respective leg injuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks had written to Luria explaining his accident and the subsequent alienation he felt. What was Luria's response?

2. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?

3. What is Hannah Arendt's idea about the space without time?

4. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?

5. How did Sacks meet the bull?

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