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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?
(a) That he was approaching the gallows.
(b) That he was finally reaching a place of hope.
(c) That he was reaching the purity of non-being.
(d) That he was losing his humanity and individuality.

2. When was Studies in Neurology published?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1940.

3. How is the material in the last chapter presented?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Concisely.
(c) Poetically.
(d) Systematically.

4. What would make the state of limbo tolerable?
(a) The concern of a fellow person in limbo.
(b) The ability to examine one's own thoughts.
(c) The knowledge of an end to this state.
(d) The ability to communicate with others.

5. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

6. What name did Sacks give his windowless hospital room?
(a) The Monad.
(b) Big Ease.
(c) The Tower.
(d) Little Ease.

7. What did Sacks hope to see when he reached the mountain's summit?
(a) A good view of the city.
(b) The temple at the top.
(c) A good view of the surrounding mountains.
(d) The bull that lived there.

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

9. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?
(a) Fascinating but not completely useful to modern doctors.
(b) Such effects often happen but the stories are not told.
(c) Such effects are widely studied in the medical field.
(d) Such effects rarely ever occur.

10. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 7th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 24th.
(d) The 23rd.

11. What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns?
(a) Professional support.
(b) Human support.
(c) A listening ear.
(d) Empathy.

12. Who came up with the phrase "quickening art" which described Sacks's use of music to move down the mountain?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Kant.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Pavlov.

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

14. What does the word scotoma mean?
(a) Emptiness and images of emptiness.
(b) Darkness of soul.
(c) Being utterly alone in the world.
(d) The depression following surgery.

15. Why did the staff nurse laugh at Sacks when he arrived in his room?
(a) Because he was joking about his cast.
(b) Because he had packed fifty books and almost no clothes.
(c) Because he told her a bawdy joke.
(d) Because he had difficulty walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter One?

2. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?

3. What was the occasion for this book?

4. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

5. What was the name of the physiotherapist?

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