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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 no longer hear himself.
(d) He could hear the movement of the plants around him.

2. Why did Sacks have strong legs?
(a) He was a veteran hiker.
(b) He swam regularly.
(c) He ran marathons.
(d) He had worked out at the gym for many years.

3. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
(a) Newton's apple.
(b) Archimedes' bathtub.
(c) Galileo's earth.
(d) Einstein's theory of relativity.

4. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The shallowness of everyday life.
(b) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.
(c) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(d) The shallowness of human experience.

5. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Fall.
(b) The Bull.
(c) The Mountain.
(d) The Beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

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

3. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

4. 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)?

5. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?

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