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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?
(a) He was a smoker.
(b) The pipe fit into the scenery and his mood.
(c) He thought he had never before had the leisure to light one.
(d) He saw the pipe as a sign of returning health.

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

4. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?
(a) He was entering the world of the patient from the world of the dead.
(b) He was too excited to remember his thoughts.
(c) His life had been recreated.
(d) The world was again possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

2. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

3. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?

4. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

5. What does the word scotoma mean?

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