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

2. When did scotoma overwhelm Sacks the most?
(a) When he was tired.
(b) When he was happy.
(c) At night.
(d) Early afternoon.

3. What two sounds was Sacks caught between?
(a) The tunelessness of man and the melody of woman.
(b) The song of the earth and the silence of man.
(c) The silence of hell and the cry of man.
(d) The tune of man and the din of hell.

4. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?
(a) He needed to conserve his strength.
(b) He was about ten miles away from the village.
(c) He was too thirsty to yell very loudly.
(d) He was afraid of angering the bull.

5. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) London Review of Books.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) New York Times Book Review.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

3. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?

4. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?

5. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?

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