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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?
(a) Fascinating but not completely useful to modern doctors.
(b) Such effects often happen but the stories are not told.
(c) Such effects are widely studied in the medical field.
(d) Such effects rarely ever occur.

2. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?
(a) Pavlov.
(b) Kant.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Nietzsche.

3. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?
(a) Because he is caught up in the intricacies of his disease.
(b) Because, if he has strong familial support, the world's shrinking does not matter.
(c) Because his frame of reference has also shrunk.
(d) Because his mental faculties are not engaged in the world around him.

4. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

2. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?

3. Sacks references a chapter in Luria's book The Man with a Shattered World that profoundly affected his thoughts about recovery. What was the name of this chapter?

4. Why did Sacks have strong legs?

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

(see the answer key)

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