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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. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1955.

2. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?
(a) As an inventor.
(b) As an explorer.
(c) As a humanitarian.
(d) As a risk-taker.

3. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?
(a) A critique of modern neurological medicine.
(b) A deeper understanding of the patient-doctor relationship.
(c) A personal, religious faith.
(d) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.

4. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?
(a) Hellish.
(b) Hole.
(c) Help.
(d) Helplessness.

5. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?
(a) Big Ease.
(b) The Monad.
(c) Little Ease.
(d) The Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?

2. Following the surgery, how did Sacks's cast fit his leg?

3. Why did Sacks have strong legs?

4. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

5. In the quote from St. John of the Cross in Chapter Three, where does the light guide the man?

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