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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. Shortly after the sun set, what extraordinary auditory experience did Sacks have?
(a) He could hear every living creature in the area.
(b) He could no longer hear himself.
(c) He could not hear anything outside himself.
(d) He could hear the movement of the plants around him.

2. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The shallowness of human experience.
(b) The shallowness of everyday life.
(c) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(d) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.

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?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Kant.
(c) Eliot.
(d) St. John of the Cross.

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

5. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Nearly seven hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Two hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did the mystics and metaphysical poets offer?

2. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?

3. What book does Sacks model his own book after?

4. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?

5. As the Sister took the stitches out of Sacks's leg, what did he think?

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