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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. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?
(a) Such effects often happen but the stories are not told.
(b) Fascinating but not completely useful to modern doctors.
(c) Such effects are widely studied in the medical field.
(d) Such effects rarely ever occur.

2. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(b) Darkness of soul.
(c) Being utterly alone in the world.
(d) The depression following surgery.

3. Why was it difficult for Sacks to proceed through the land of limbo?
(a) He had no music.
(b) There was no God figure present.
(c) There was no map or chart.
(d) He had no traveling companions.

4. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?
(a) A book about patients who experienced the same body-ego alienation that he did.
(b) A book about how this accident affected his medical practice.
(c) A book about his long-term recovery.
(d) A book about how this accident affected his personal relationships in the long run.

5. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?
(a) The doctor provided valuable support during therapy.
(b) The doctor performed electrical studies on Sack's damaged leg.
(c) The doctor first explained Sacks' body-ego alienation.
(d) The doctor's book was influential in Sacks' understanding of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the quote about patient waiting, why must the person not think?

2. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?

3. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?

4. What analogy does Sacks use to describe his left leg's failure during therapy?

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

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