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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?
(a) Because he was joking about his cast.
(b) Because he had packed fifty books and almost no clothes.
(c) Because he had difficulty walking.
(d) Because he told her a bawdy joke.

3. 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 shallowness of human experience.
(d) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word scotoma mean?

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

3. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?

4. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?

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

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