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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?
(a) They were alive and together.
(b) They were drunk and did not care what they celebrated.
(c) Sacks had not died on the operating table.
(d) Sacks' recovery was expected to take two short months.

2. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?
(a) Driving from Washington, D.C. to Boston.
(b) Riding a train from Philadelphia to New York.
(c) Riding in a car from Annapolis to New York.
(d) Riding a train from Boston to New York.

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

4. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The shallowness of human experience.
(b) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(c) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.
(d) The shallowness of everyday life.

5. What was the name of the physiotherapist?
(a) Mrs. Preston.
(b) Miss Preston.
(c) Miss Prestar.
(d) Miss Blanche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?

2. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?

3. What book of the Bible does Sacks quote at the beginning of Chapter Three?

4. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?

5. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?

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