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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 the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?
(a) They were drunk and did not care what they celebrated.
(b) They were alive and together.
(c) Sacks' recovery was expected to take two short months.
(d) Sacks had not died on the operating table.

2. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) New York Times.
(b) New York Times Book Review.
(c) London Review of Books.
(d) Atlantic Monthly.

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

4. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?
(a) Because Luria's book deeply changed his view of neurological illnesses.
(b) Because Luria pioneered a deeper, revolutionary medicine.
(c) Because Luria was a mentor during medical school.
(d) Because Luria led him out of the darkness.

5. While in limbo, what feeling did Sacks have to allow, which he first found humiliating?
(a) Passivity.
(b) Inerrancy.
(c) Inadequacy.
(d) Activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?

2. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?

3. What was scheduled for Wednesday the 11th?

4. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

5. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

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