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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?
(a) Nearly six hours.
(b) Less than two hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Less than four hours.

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

5. The night before the operation, Sacks called up his family and friends. What did he tell them could happen if he were to die during the operation?
(a) His property should be auctioned off.
(b) His valuable property should be donated to charity.
(c) His property should be divided fairly among his family.
(d) They could publish anything from his notebooks that they saw fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?

2. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

3. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?

4. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?

5. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

(see the answer key)

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