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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Fall.
(b) The Bull.
(c) The Mountain.
(d) The Beginning.

2. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

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

4. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Luria.
(c) Conrad.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?
(a) French.
(b) Norwegian.
(c) German.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

2. How did Sacks meet the bull?

3. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

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

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

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