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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sacks splint his leg?
(a) With a stick he found on the ground.
(b) With his umbrella.
(c) With his walking stick.
(d) With his right leg.

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

3. How did Sacks meet the bull?
(a) He rounded a boulder and it was lying in the path.
(b) The bull walked out of a stand of trees.
(c) He came over a small rise and the bull was lying in the grass.
(d) The bull looked like a boulder until he got close to it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?

2. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?

3. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?

4. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?

5. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?

(see the answer key)

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