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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) This dread was fear of man rather than fear of natural consequences.
(b) This dread was less human and more animalistic.
(c) This dread was distorted and nameless.
(d) This dread was deeper than the first.

2. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?
(a) The long recovery time.
(b) The inability of his doctors to understand him.
(c) The complexity of effects he experienced during recovery.
(d) The pain he felt during his whole recovery.

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

4. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
(a) Einstein's theory of relativity.
(b) Galileo's earth.
(c) Archimedes' bathtub.
(d) Newton's apple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?

2. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?

3. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

4. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?

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

(see the answer key)

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