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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?
(a) Strengthened his legs so he could hike again.
(b) Interviewed hundreds of similar patients.
(c) Written two other books about medical phenomena.
(d) Investigated current neuropsychological practice.

2. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?
(a) Because Luria was a mentor during medical school.
(b) Because Luria's book deeply changed his view of neurological illnesses.
(c) Because Luria led him out of the darkness.
(d) Because Luria pioneered a deeper, revolutionary medicine.

3. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twenty-one.

4. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?
(a) The muscle was completely wasted away.
(b) He had forgotten how.
(c) His tendon had not been fully reconnected.
(d) His brain could not communicate with either leg.

5. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Luria.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Conrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?

2. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?

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

4. What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns?

5. Why was Sacks so happy that he could do fifty chin-ups?

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