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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When riding to the hospital where he would be operated on, Sacks felt dread. How was this different from the dread he had felt on the mountain?
(a) This dread was distorted and nameless.
(b) This dread was fear of man rather than fear of natural consequences.
(c) This dread was less human and more animalistic.
(d) This dread was deeper than the first.

2. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) London Review of Books.
(b) New York Times Book Review.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) New York Times.

3. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?
(a) His tendon had not been fully reconnected.
(b) The muscle was completely wasted away.
(c) His brain could not communicate with either leg.
(d) He had forgotten how.

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

5. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?
(a) The most heart-wrenching moments of his life.
(b) Happy memories and times.
(c) His father's vegetable garden.
(d) What little time he had left to live.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?

4. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?

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

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