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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?
(a) The mountain is hostile.
(b) The mountain is impersonal.
(c) The mountain begrudges any human infiltration.
(d) Man can be stronger than the mountain.

2. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?
(a) Looked at the leg as though he did not recognize it.
(b) Gave himself a pep talk in an attempt to begin moving.
(c) Lay down and tried to think what he should do.
(d) Examined the injured leg as though he were explaining it to a class.

3. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Fall.
(b) The Mountain.
(c) The Beginning.
(d) The Bull.

4. What book of the Bible does Sacks quote at the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Proverbs.
(c) Job.
(d) Ecclesiastes.

5. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?
(a) Near midnight.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Evening.
(d) Early morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

2. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

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

4. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

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

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