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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Nearly seven hours.
(d) Half an hour.

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

3. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Four hours.
(c) He did not know.
(d) Two hours.

4. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?
(a) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.
(b) A personal, religious faith.
(c) A critique of modern neurological medicine.
(d) A deeper understanding of the patient-doctor relationship.

5. Shortly after the sun set, what extraordinary auditory experience did Sacks have?
(a) He could not hear anything outside himself.
(b) He could hear every living creature in the area.
(c) He could hear the movement of the plants around him.
(d) He could no longer hear himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

2. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?

3. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?

4. How did Sacks meet the bull?

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

(see the answer key)

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