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

2. In Chapter Five, Sacks quotes poetry to explain the importance of music: "You are the music/ While the music lasts." Who wrote these lines?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Eliot.
(c) St. John of the Cross.
(d) Kant.

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

4. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?
(a) By external impetus.
(b) By reason and will.
(c) By sheer willpower.
(d) By love and understanding.

5. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?
(a) Hunting reindeer.
(b) Listening to the mass wafting up from the church.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Searching for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

2. In the quote from St. John of the Cross in Chapter Three, where does the light guide the man?

3. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

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

5. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?

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