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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?
(a) His wife.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His son.
(d) His editors.

3. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?
(a) Luria.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Conrad.

4. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?
(a) On a mountain in Nicaragua.
(b) On a mountain in Costa Rica.
(c) In a village in Norway.
(d) In a meadow in New Yor.

5. What role did Mary-Kay Wilmers play in Sacks's recovery?
(a) She nursed him in the convalescent home.
(b) She nursed him in the hospital after his surgery.
(c) She served as the impetus for his philosophical musings about his injury.
(d) She suggested and edited his article entitled "The Leg."

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

2. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?

3. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?

4. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

5. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

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