2. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?
(a) Bend his knee.
(b) Tense up his quadriceps.
(c) Swing his leg to the left.
(d) Lift his leg.

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

4. Why was Sacks so happy that he could do fifty chin-ups?
(a) If his torso were strong again, his legs would regain strength more quickly.
(b) Only fifteen hours earlier, he had been delirious with fever.
(c) He did not have to get out of bed to exercise.
(d) He wanted to impress the nurse.

5. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?
(a) A Pole had been gored by the bull and bled to death.
(b) A Scotsman had died on exposure on the mountain exactly one year previously.
(c) An Englishman had broken both legs on the mountain earlier, though he survived.
(d) An Englishman had died on the mountain two weeks earlier.

6. Sacks climbed a particular stretch of ground in just over an hour. How long did it take him to descend this same stretch?
(a) Nearly seven hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Three hours.

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

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

9. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1977.

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

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

12. What was the occasion for this book?
(a) Reading a book about an unusual patient.
(b) An accident with expected effects.
(c) The study of an unusual patient.
(d) An accident with peculiar effects.

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

14. What did Sacks think about as he moved down the mountain?
(a) Happy memories and times.
(b) His father's vegetable garden.
(c) What little time he had left to live.
(d) The most heart-wrenching moments of his life.

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