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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Man with the Shattered Arm.
(b) The Man with the Shattered World.
(c) The Man in the Shattered Hope.
(d) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.

2. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?
(a) The cracked cello in his living room.
(b) The smashed violin he had as a child.
(c) The dented clarinet he had as a child.
(d) The broken saxophone he had kept since childhood.

3. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?
(a) The temple at the top.
(b) A good view of the city.
(c) A good view of the surrounding mountains.
(d) The bull that lived there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?

2. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?

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

4. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?

5. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?

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