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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town's hospital was Sacks taken to first?
(a) London's.
(b) Odda's.
(c) Oslo's.
(d) Bergen's.

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

3. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?
(a) Because Luria pioneered a deeper, revolutionary medicine.
(b) Because Luria was a mentor during medical school.
(c) Because Luria's book deeply changed his view of neurological illnesses.
(d) Because Luria led him out of the darkness.

4. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?
(a) A personal, religious faith.
(b) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.
(c) A critique of modern neurological medicine.
(d) A deeper understanding of the patient-doctor relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

2. How did Sacks splint his leg?

3. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?

4. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?

5. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

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