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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) The depression following surgery.
(b) Darkness of soul.
(c) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(d) Being utterly alone in the world.

2. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?
(a) French.
(b) Norwegian.
(c) English.
(d) German.

3. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?
(a) Kant.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Pavlov.

4. What town's hospital was Sacks taken to first?
(a) London's.
(b) Bergen's.
(c) Oslo's.
(d) Odda's.

5. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Strong.
(c) Hideous.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?

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

4. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?

5. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

(see the answer key)

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