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

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

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

4. While watching the surgery on his right leg, what time does Sacks remember?
(a) His time in the Casting Room.
(b) Preparation for his first surgery.
(c) The moment he faced the bull.
(d) His agonizing move down the mountain.

5. How did Sacks descend the mountain?
(a) By crawling.
(b) By rolling and sliding.
(c) By hobbling on his right leg.
(d) By "rowing" with his arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night after his surgery, what was the first of Sacks's nightmares?

2. 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?

3. When did scotoma overwhelm Sacks the most?

4. To what does Sacks compare the coming revolution in neurology?

5. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?

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