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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 difficulty walking.
(c) Because he told her a bawdy joke.
(d) Because he had packed fifty books and almost no clothes.

2. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?
(a) Swan.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Goose.
(d) Sleeks.

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

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

5. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sacks finish writing his book?

2. Following the surgery, how did Sacks's cast fit his leg?

3. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?

4. 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?

5. How did Sacks meet the bull?

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