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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) An artery was torn.
(b) His femur was broken.
(c) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(d) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.

2. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?
(a) How far he had climbed up the mountain before falling.
(b) How utterly alone he was.
(c) That he had forgotten to take extra water.
(d) That the bull might be following him.

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

4. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Ten years.

5. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Hunting reindeer.
(c) Listening to the mass wafting up from the church.
(d) Searching for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Studies in Neurology published?

2. In order to escape being caught on the mountain all night, what was the latest possible time Sacks could reach help?

3. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

4. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?

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

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