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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?
(a) The Tower.
(b) Big Ease.
(c) The Monad.
(d) Little Ease.

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

3. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?
(a) Hole.
(b) Hellish.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) Help.

4. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?
(a) An MP3 player.
(b) A record player.
(c) A clarinet.
(d) A small radio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?

5. What was the occasion for this book?

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