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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. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?
(a) Nearly six hours.
(b) Less than two hours.
(c) Less than four hours.
(d) Half an hour.

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

3. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) London Review of Books.
(b) New York Times Book Review.
(c) Atlantic Monthly.
(d) New York Times.

4. What tragedy did Darwin experience, which Sacks explains?
(a) He lost his taste for science.
(b) He lost his taste for art and music.
(c) He became more happy as he learned more science.
(d) He turned against art as inessential to life.

5. Once he began walking again, what time had arrived for Sacks?
(a) The time for great changes.
(b) The time for community.
(c) The time for doing.
(d) The time for thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?

2. What was scheduled for Wednesday the 11th?

3. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

4. What is the most important reason for the young painter's misery?

5. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?

(see the answer key)

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