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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?
(a) Little Ease.
(b) The Monad.
(c) The Tower.
(d) Big Ease.

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

3. Why was Sacks so happy that he could do fifty chin-ups?
(a) If his torso were strong again, his legs would regain strength more quickly.
(b) He did not have to get out of bed to exercise.
(c) He wanted to impress the nurse.
(d) Only fifteen hours earlier, he had been delirious with fever.

4. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) Thomas Gunn.
(b) Admiral Nelson.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?

2. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?

3. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?

4. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?

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

(see the answer key)

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