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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?
(a) Several years.
(b) Nearly a decade.
(c) Half a year.
(d) One year.

3. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1991.

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

5. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?
(a) The smashed violin he had as a child.
(b) The dented clarinet he had as a child.
(c) The cracked cello in his living room.
(d) The broken saxophone he had kept since childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?

2. How did Sacks splint his leg?

3. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

4. What book does Sacks model his own book after?

5. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

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