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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Evening.
(d) Near midnight.

3. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?
(a) By reason and will.
(b) By love and understanding.
(c) By external impetus.
(d) By sheer willpower.

4. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(b) Being utterly alone in the world.
(c) The depression following surgery.
(d) Darkness of soul.

5. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?
(a) Sacks' situation.
(b) The irony of their respective leg injuries.
(c) The jokes of the serving nurses.
(d) Everything about the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the phrase "uneventful recovery" misleading?

2. The day that Sacks moved out of his first hospital room, how far did he walk?

3. If an outsider were to observe the patients at the convalescent home, what would he have seen?

4. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?

5. At what moment did Sacks's leg "return" to his body?

(see the answer key)

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