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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?
(a) As an expose.
(b) As a novel or short story.
(c) As a prose poem.
(d) As an autobiography.

2. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?
(a) Indignation.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Confusion.
(d) He does not say.

3. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?
(a) Pity.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Rage.
(d) Concern.

4. Where did Sacks's accident occur?
(a) On a mountain in Norway.
(b) On a mountain in Finland.
(c) In the hills of Germany.
(d) In the Swiss Alps.

5. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?
(a) He was afraid of angering the bull.
(b) He was too thirsty to yell very loudly.
(c) He needed to conserve his strength.
(d) He was about ten miles away from the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns?

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

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

4. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

5. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?

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