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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 did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?
(a) The long recovery time.
(b) The pain he felt during his whole recovery.
(c) The complexity of effects he experienced during recovery.
(d) The inability of his doctors to understand him.

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

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

4. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Thomas Gunn.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?

2. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

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

4. When was Studies in Neurology published?

5. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?

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