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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?
(a) A clarinet.
(b) An MP3 player.
(c) A record player.
(d) A small radio.

2. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?
(a) Sacks' recovery was expected to take two short months.
(b) They were alive and together.
(c) They were drunk and did not care what they celebrated.
(d) Sacks had not died on the operating table.

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

4. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Man with the Shattered Arm.
(b) The Man with the Shattered World.
(c) The Man in the Shattered Hope.
(d) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.

5. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Sacks so happy that he could do fifty chin-ups?

2. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?

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

4. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?

5. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?

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