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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?
(a) He was running from the bull but could not move anywhere.
(b) He was again on the Mountain and his leg had lost all its nerves.
(c) He was being trampled by a fish with hooves.
(d) His injured leg was made of marble and he could not lift it.

4. At the beginning of Chapter Four, what is the essence of William Harvey's questions?
(a) How much control does man have over his movements?
(b) What controls all bodily movements?
(c) What is the first cause of thought?
(d) What is the first cause of movement?

5. What advantage did the mystics and metaphysical poets offer?
(a) Beautiful language to express hope.
(b) Deep expressions of despair.
(c) Hope without a specific religion.
(d) Vivid pictures of the abstract concepts which Sacks sought.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sacks meet the bull?

2. As noted at the end of Chapter Three, what did Sacks begin to do?

3. In Chapter Five, Sacks quotes poetry to explain the importance of music: "You are the music/ While the music lasts." Who wrote these lines?

4. What did Sacks think when he woke from the surgery?

5. Sacks references a chapter in Luria's book The Man with a Shattered World that profoundly affected his thoughts about recovery. What was the name of this chapter?

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