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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?
(a) Because Luria pioneered a deeper, revolutionary medicine.
(b) Because Luria's book deeply changed his view of neurological illnesses.
(c) Because Luria was a mentor during medical school.
(d) Because Luria led him out of the darkness.

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

3. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Man in the Shattered Hope.
(b) The Man with the Shattered World.
(c) The Man with the Shattered Arm.
(d) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?

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

4. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?

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

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