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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 word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Vicious.
(b) Hideous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Strong.

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

3. To what does Sacks compare the coming revolution in neurology?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) Galileo's discovery.
(d) Newton's discovery.

4. Whom does Sacks quote to illustrate his need for patient waiting?
(a) St. Christopher.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Conrad.

5. How does Sacks describe the six-hour ambulance ride to the next hospital?
(a) Like resurrection.
(b) Like the embodiment of hope.
(c) Like a dream.
(d) Like death.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

2. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?

3. In Montaigne's words, who is a true doctor?

4. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?

5. The night before the operation, Sacks called up his family and friends. What did he tell them could happen if he were to die during the operation?

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