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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?
(a) A Scotsman had died on exposure on the mountain exactly one year previously.
(b) An Englishman had died on the mountain two weeks earlier.
(c) An Englishman had broken both legs on the mountain earlier, though he survived.
(d) A Pole had been gored by the bull and bled to death.

2. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?
(a) Like pudding.
(b) Like marble.
(c) Like flesh.
(d) Like wax.

3. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Inhibitions.

4. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Oslo.

5. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?
(a) Veterinary.
(b) Empathetic.
(c) Ill-advised.
(d) Uninformed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Sacks's cast was taken off, what did he dream that it was filled with?

2. How must a person react to the abyss?

3. What two sounds was Sacks caught between?

4. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?

5. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?

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