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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

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

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

4. What did Sacks experience with the father and son, which he had not experienced all day?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Inhibitions.

5. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?
(a) The cracked cello in his living room.
(b) The dented clarinet he had as a child.
(c) The broken saxophone he had kept since childhood.
(d) The smashed violin he had as a child.

6. After a temporary cast was put on the leg, what dream did Sacks have?
(a) The leg was made of cloud vapor.
(b) The leg was covered with a layer of steel.
(c) The leg was being squeezed in a vice.
(d) The leg was made of bricks and mortar.

7. What is the essential idea of Thomas Mann's quote?
(a) Man can be stronger than the mountain.
(b) The mountain begrudges any human infiltration.
(c) The mountain is impersonal.
(d) The mountain is hostile.

8. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
(a) Archimedes' bathtub.
(b) Galileo's earth.
(c) Newton's apple.
(d) Einstein's theory of relativity.

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

10. While waiting for villagers to arrive and take him to the hospital, how did Sacks feel?
(a) Thrilled to be alive.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Worried about the doctor's prognosis.
(d) Comfortable and happy.

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

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

13. 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 personal, religious faith.
(c) A critique of modern neurological medicine.
(d) A reaffirmation of modern neurological medicin.

14. When riding to the hospital where he would be operated on, Sacks felt dread. How was this different from the dread he had felt on the mountain?
(a) This dread was distorted and nameless.
(b) This dread was deeper than the first.
(c) This dread was less human and more animalistic.
(d) This dread was fear of man rather than fear of natural consequences.

15. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?
(a) A small radio.
(b) A record player.
(c) An MP3 player.
(d) A clarinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the physiotherapist?

2. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

3. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?

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

5. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

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