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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the quote about patient waiting, why must the person not think?
(a) He is not strong enough for thought.
(b) He must combine love and thought.
(c) He is not ready for thought.
(d) He must combine hope and thought.

2. What book of the Bible does Sacks quote at the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Ecclesiastes.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Job.

3. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1930.

4. What reason did Sacks give for hating any creature with health?
(a) After everything he went through, he deserved it.
(b) It was the sickness speaking.
(c) It was one step along the road to recovery.
(d) The healthy creatures could not understand him.

5. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 24th.
(b) The 7th.
(c) The 23rd.
(d) The 18th.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sacks splint his leg?

2. What is the title of Chapter One?

3. At what moment did Sacks's leg "return" to his body?

4. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?

5. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?

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