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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 prose poem.
(c) As an autobiography.
(d) As a novel or short story.

2. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1982.

3. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.
(b) Luria was a close family friend.
(c) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.
(d) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.

4. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(b) Being utterly alone in the world.
(c) The depression following surgery.
(d) Darkness of soul.

5. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?

2. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?

3. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

4. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?

5. How did Sacks meet the bull?

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