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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.
(b) Luria was a close family friend.
(c) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.
(d) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.

3. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?
(a) His editors.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His best friend.

4. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Luria.
(d) Conrad.

5. In the quote from St. John of the Cross in Chapter Three, where does the light guide the man?
(a) To the place of eternal peace.
(b) To the place where God was waiting for him.
(c) To the place of unconditional love.
(d) To peaceful darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

2. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?

3. What would happen if Sacks were not found by nightfall?

4. According to Sacks, what was "the only proper posture of the soul at this time" (Chapter Three, pg 113)?

5. What concerto did Sacks listen to on a cassette tape?

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