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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Berlin.

2. Why did Sacks have strong legs?
(a) He had worked out at the gym for many years.
(b) He ran marathons.
(c) He was a veteran hiker.
(d) He swam regularly.

3. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?
(a) As an inventor.
(b) As an explorer.
(c) As a humanitarian.
(d) As a risk-taker.

4. Whom does Sacks quote to illustrate his need for patient waiting?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Conrad.
(c) St. Christopher.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?
(a) Riding in a car from Annapolis to New York.
(b) Riding a train from Boston to New York.
(c) Riding a train from Philadelphia to New York.
(d) Driving from Washington, D.C. to Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?

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

3. What does the word scotoma mean?

4. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?

5. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?

(see the answer key)

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