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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?
(a) Like flesh.
(b) Like wax.
(c) Like pudding.
(d) Like marble.

2. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

3. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?
(a) The smashed violin he had as a child.
(b) The broken saxophone he had kept since childhood.
(c) The dented clarinet he had as a child.
(d) The cracked cello in his living room.

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

5. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?
(a) They kept the patients from reconnecting to the world too early.
(b) They kept the patients from drifting into chaos or passivity.
(c) They showed the patients who held the power.
(d) They kept the patients from getting into mischief.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?

2. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?

3. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?

4. How did Sacks descend the mountain?

5. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

(see the answer key)

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