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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?
(a) That he was reaching the purity of non-being.
(b) That he was approaching the gallows.
(c) That he was finally reaching a place of hope.
(d) That he was losing his humanity and individuality.

2. What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns?
(a) Professional support.
(b) Empathy.
(c) A listening ear.
(d) Human support.

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

4. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1973.

5. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?
(a) The world was again possible.
(b) He was entering the world of the patient from the world of the dead.
(c) He was too excited to remember his thoughts.
(d) His life had been recreated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?

2. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

3. Why was it difficult for Sacks to proceed through the land of limbo?

4. How did Sacks's knee return to its full functionality?

5. What is the most important reason for the young painter's misery?

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