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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 book does Sacks plan to write in the future?
(a) A book about patients who experienced the same body-ego alienation that he did.
(b) A book about how this accident affected his personal relationships in the long run.
(c) A book about how this accident affected his medical practice.
(d) A book about his long-term recovery.

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) St. John of the Cross.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Kant.

3. As noted at the end of Chapter Three, what did Sacks begin to do?
(a) Address himself to the "Thou" of the Psalms.
(b) Look to other people for emotional and spiritual support.
(c) Turn away from hope to despair.
(d) Put his faith in mysticism.

4. How many days did Sacks spend in limbo?
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

5. What concerto did Sacks listen to on a cassette tape?
(a) Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor.
(b) Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5.
(c) Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major.
(d) Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter One?

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

3. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

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

5. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?

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