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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Strong.
(c) Angry.
(d) Hideous.

2. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?
(a) That he was losing his humanity and individuality.
(b) That he was approaching the gallows.
(c) That he was reaching the purity of non-being.
(d) That he was finally reaching a place of hope.

3. When moving out of his tiny hospital room, why did Sacks see the world as two-dimensional?
(a) The denervation process had also affected his eyes.
(b) His field of vision had shrunk.
(c) The denervation process had affected only his left eye.
(d) His vision reflected his changed thinking.

4. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?
(a) A clarinet.
(b) A record player.
(c) A small radio.
(d) An MP3 player.

5. What town's hospital was Sacks taken to first?
(a) London's.
(b) Odda's.
(c) Bergen's.
(d) Oslo's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important reason for the young painter's misery?

2. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?

3. Why is the phrase "uneventful recovery" misleading?

4. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?

5. What question did Sacks want to ask the surgeon before surgery?

(see the answer key)

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