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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?
(a) He was starved to look at anything green.
(b) He was tired of his hospital room.
(c) He was realizing how cut off from life he was.
(d) He was eager to see other people.

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

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

4. How is the material in the last chapter presented?
(a) Poetically.
(b) Randomly.
(c) Concisely.
(d) Systematically.

5. What did Sacks think when he woke from the surgery?
(a) That he had been asleep for nearly a day.
(b) That he was tired and wanted to sleep.
(c) That he had been asleep only a few minutes.
(d) That he had been asleep for seven hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?

2. What reason did Sacks give for hating any creature with health?

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

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

5. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

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