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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Indignation.
(d) He does not say.

5. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?
(a) Nearly six hours.
(b) Less than four hours.
(c) Less than two hours.
(d) Half an hour.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

3. What is the title of Chapter One?

4. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?

5. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

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