View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?
(a) Pain.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Revulsion.
(d) Sadness.

2. Before Sacks's cast was taken off, what did he dream that it was filled with?
(a) A lacerated leg.
(b) Joy and concerto music.
(c) Someone else's leg.
(d) Air or rotting bones.

3. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?
(a) He would most likely go crazy.
(b) The bull would trample him to death.
(c) He would die of blood loss.
(d) He would freeze to death.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter Four, what is the essence of William Harvey's questions?
(a) What is the first cause of movement?
(b) What is the first cause of thought?
(c) What controls all bodily movements?
(d) How much control does man have over his movements?

Short Answer Questions

1. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?

2. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

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

4. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?

5. Why was it so difficult for Sacks to take the first step?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample