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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Eight.

3. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?
(a) Patience.
(b) Peace.
(c) Hopefulness.
(d) Happiness.

4. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?
(a) He was again on the Mountain and his leg had lost all its nerves.
(b) He was being trampled by a fish with hooves.
(c) He was running from the bull but could not move anywhere.
(d) His injured leg was made of marble and he could not lift it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors were the Head books which Sacks bought?

2. What was the oddest thing that happened while Sacks's shoulder and arm were in a cast?

3. In the quote about patient waiting, why must the person not think?

4. Sacks references a chapter in Luria's book The Man with a Shattered World that profoundly affected his thoughts about recovery. What was the name of this chapter?

5. What language was the sign "BEWARE OF THE BULL!" written in?

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