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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?
(a) Uninformed.
(b) Veterinary.
(c) Empathetic.
(d) Ill-advised.

2. What was the occasion for this book?
(a) The study of an unusual patient.
(b) An accident with expected effects.
(c) An accident with peculiar effects.
(d) Reading a book about an unusual patient.

3. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1940.

4. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.
(b) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.
(c) Luria was a close family friend.
(d) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?

2. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?

3. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

4. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?

5. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?

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