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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. According to Sacks, why does he not end his story after his rescue?
(a) He had so many ideas left to convey.
(b) The book was not long enough to stop.
(c) The focus of the book is the recovery, not the accident.
(d) The accident is closely connected to the story of recovery.

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

3. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?
(a) He could not bear the idea of reentering the world.
(b) He was not strong enough to go home.
(c) His family did not think he was ready to come home.
(d) Patients had to be reacclimated to the world.

4. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?
(a) Like wax.
(b) Like pudding.
(c) Like flesh.
(d) Like marble.

5. Why is the phrase "uneventful recovery" misleading?
(a) The phrase implies a peaceful recovery, which is never possible.
(b) Recovery is the greatest event of the patient's life.
(c) Recovery has no relationship to events.
(d) Recovery is actually a series of events.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Sister took the stitches out of Sacks's leg, what did he think?

2. According to Sacks, what was "the only proper posture of the soul at this time" (Chapter Three, pg 113)?

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

4. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?

5. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?

(see the answer key)

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