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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. Why could Head not explain the poetry of music and movement the way he felt it?
(a) He had a limited capacity for expressing himself to others.
(b) He did not feel music and movement very deeply.
(c) He could only explain the poetry in scientific terms.
(d) He was essentially a scientist.

2. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?
(a) Examined the injured leg as though he were explaining it to a class.
(b) Gave himself a pep talk in an attempt to begin moving.
(c) Looked at the leg as though he did not recognize it.
(d) Lay down and tried to think what he should do.

3. How did Sacks splint his leg?
(a) With a stick he found on the ground.
(b) With his walking stick.
(c) With his right leg.
(d) With his umbrella.

4. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?
(a) That the bull might be following him.
(b) How utterly alone he was.
(c) How far he had climbed up the mountain before falling.
(d) That he had forgotten to take extra water.

5. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Man with the Shattered Arm.
(b) The Man with the Shattered World.
(c) The Man in the Shattered Hope.
(d) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?

2. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?

3. When Sacks began to write to Luria, where did Luria live?

4. What time of day did Sacks awake from his feverish delirium?

5. Sacks was excited about buying books written by a man named Head. What was the author's first name?

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