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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?
(a) He was running from the bull but could not move anywhere.
(b) He was again on the Mountain and his leg had lost all its nerves.
(c) His injured leg was made of marble and he could not lift it.
(d) He was being trampled by a fish with hooves.

2. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?
(a) The pain he felt during his whole recovery.
(b) The complexity of effects he experienced during recovery.
(c) The inability of his doctors to understand him.
(d) The long recovery time.

3. Before he took a step, what visual problem did Sacks have?
(a) He could not see his feet.
(b) He could not distinguish colors.
(c) He could not judge objects or distances.
(d) The floor looked closer than it actually was.

4. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?
(a) Walking the edge of his second-story balcony.
(b) Asking the night nurse out for a drink.
(c) Climbing a ladder to the roof.
(d) Walking around the grounds unattended.

5. What advantage did the mystics and metaphysical poets offer?
(a) Beautiful language to express hope.
(b) Hope without a specific religion.
(c) Vivid pictures of the abstract concepts which Sacks sought.
(d) Deep expressions of despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sacks refer to the doctor's visits as "odious" (Chapter Six, pg 159)?

2. What book does Sacks model his own book after?

3. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?

4. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?

5. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?

(see the answer key)

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