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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) His femur was broken.
(b) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(c) An artery was torn.
(d) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.

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

3. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Strong.
(b) Vicious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Hideous.

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

5. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
(a) Einstein's theory of relativity.
(b) Archimedes' bathtub.
(c) Galileo's earth.
(d) Newton's apple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

2. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?

3. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?

4. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?

5. What role did Mary-Kay Wilmers play in Sacks's recovery?

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