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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Listening to the mass wafting up from the church.
(c) Searching for him.
(d) Hunting reindeer.

3. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Thomas Gunn.
(c) Admiral Nelson.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

4. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The shallowness of human experience.
(b) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.
(c) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(d) The shallowness of everyday life.

5. Where did Sacks's accident occur?
(a) On a mountain in Norway.
(b) In the Swiss Alps.
(c) On a mountain in Finland.
(d) In the hills of Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

2. When was Studies in Neurology published?

3. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?

4. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

5. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?

(see the answer key)

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