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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?
(a) A Pole had been gored by the bull and bled to death.
(b) An Englishman had died on the mountain two weeks earlier.
(c) A Scotsman had died on exposure on the mountain exactly one year previously.
(d) An Englishman had broken both legs on the mountain earlier, though he survived.

2. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Revulsion.
(d) Pain.

3. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?
(a) Bend his knee.
(b) Tense up his quadriceps.
(c) Swing his leg to the left.
(d) Lift his leg.

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

5. Shortly after the sun set, what extraordinary auditory experience did Sacks have?
(a) He could hear every living creature in the area.
(b) He could no longer hear himself.
(c) He could not hear anything outside himself.
(d) He could hear the movement of the plants around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?

2. What question did Sacks want to ask the surgeon before surgery?

3. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

4. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?

5. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?

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