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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?
(a) Interviewed hundreds of similar patients.
(b) Written two other books about medical phenomena.
(c) Strengthened his legs so he could hike again.
(d) Investigated current neuropsychological practice.

3. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?
(a) As a prose poem.
(b) As a novel or short story.
(c) As an autobiography.
(d) As an expose.

4. How is the material in the last chapter presented?
(a) Poetically.
(b) Systematically.
(c) Concisely.
(d) Randomly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?

2. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?

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

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

5. When was Studies in Neurology published?

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