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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?
(a) The pipe fit into the scenery and his mood.
(b) He was a smoker.
(c) He saw the pipe as a sign of returning health.
(d) He thought he had never before had the leisure to light one.

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

3. How must a person react to the abyss?
(a) Either face it or walk away.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Skirt its edge without falling in.
(d) Search it for answers.

4. Since his accident, what has Sacks been aware of?
(a) The shallowness of human experience.
(b) The shallowness of everyday life.
(c) The wonder and horror which are an everyday part of life.
(d) The wonder and horror which lie just behind life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?

2. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

3. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?

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

5. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

(see the answer key)

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