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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 Luria's response to Sacks's story?
(a) Such effects are widely studied in the medical field.
(b) Fascinating but not completely useful to modern doctors.
(c) Such effects often happen but the stories are not told.
(d) Such effects rarely ever occur.

2. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?
(a) Gave himself a pep talk in an attempt to begin moving.
(b) Examined the injured leg as though he were explaining it to a class.
(c) Looked at the leg as though he did not recognize it.
(d) Lay down and tried to think what he should do.

4. 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.

5. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?
(a) His patients who were prepared for death.
(b) The waste of good health and energy.
(c) His wife's untimely death.
(d) The futility of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?

2. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

3. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?

4. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?

5. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?

(see the answer key)

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