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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. After a temporary cast was put on the leg, what dream did Sacks have?
(a) The leg was being squeezed in a vice.
(b) The leg was covered with a layer of steel.
(c) The leg was made of cloud vapor.
(d) The leg was made of bricks and mortar.

2. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?
(a) Sleeks.
(b) Swan.
(c) Goose.
(d) Sparrow.

3. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?
(a) As an expose.
(b) As a novel or short story.
(c) As an autobiography.
(d) As a prose poem.

4. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Inhibitions.

5. How long had Sacks been traveling when he came to the swollen stream?
(a) He did not know.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Half an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Sacks walk the day after his second surgery?

2. What question did Sacks want to ask the surgeon before surgery?

3. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

4. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?

5. How did one of the surgical registrars refer to being a patient?

(see the answer key)

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