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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Acknowledgements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sacks's accident occur?
(a) In the Swiss Alps.
(b) In the hills of Germany.
(c) On a mountain in Norway.
(d) On a mountain in Finland.

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

3. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?
(a) A book about how this accident affected his medical practice.
(b) A book about how this accident affected his personal relationships in the long run.
(c) A book about patients who experienced the same body-ego alienation that he did.
(d) A book about his long-term recovery.

4. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.
(b) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(c) The shallowness of everyday life.
(d) The shallowness of human experience.

5. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) New York Times Book Review.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) London Review of Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?

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

3. What was the occasion for this book?

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

5. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

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