View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) His property should be auctioned off.
(b) His valuable property should be donated to charity.
(c) They could publish anything from his notebooks that they saw fit.
(d) His property should be divided fairly among his family.

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

3. Following the surgery, how did Sacks's cast fit his leg?
(a) He could put two fingers between his leg and the cas.
(b) The leg fit nearly perfectly in the cast.
(c) The leg was horribly swollen in the cast.
(d) He could put his entire fist between his leg and the cast.

4. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?
(a) Strengthened his legs so he could hike again.
(b) Written two other books about medical phenomena.
(c) Interviewed hundreds of similar patients.
(d) Investigated current neuropsychological practice.

5. According to the plane captain, what is the first lesson a patient must learn?
(a) Peace.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Hopefulness.
(d) Patience.

6. How did Sacks descend the mountain?
(a) By hobbling on his right leg.
(b) By crawling.
(c) By "rowing" with his arms.
(d) By rolling and sliding.

7. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?
(a) A deeper understanding of the patient-doctor relationship.
(b) A critique of modern neurological medicine.
(c) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.
(d) A personal, religious faith.

8. What town's hospital was Sacks taken to first?
(a) Bergen's.
(b) London's.
(c) Oslo's.
(d) Odda's.

9. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.
(b) His femur was broken.
(c) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(d) An artery was torn.

10. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?
(a) He was about ten miles away from the village.
(b) He was afraid of angering the bull.
(c) He was too thirsty to yell very loudly.
(d) He needed to conserve his strength.

11. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?
(a) Several years.
(b) Half a year.
(c) One year.
(d) Nearly a decade.

12. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?
(a) His wife.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His son.
(d) His editors.

13. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) Admiral Nelson.
(b) Thomas Gunn.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

14. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?
(a) Two o'clock PM.
(b) Noon.
(c) Eleven o'clock AM.
(d) Nine o'clock AM.

15. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Pain.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Revulsion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did not occur to Sacks until he injured his leg?

2. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?

3. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?

4. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?

5. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 574 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample