2. While in limbo, what feeling did Sacks have to allow, which he first found humiliating?
(a) Passivity.
(b) Inadequacy.
(c) Inerrancy.
(d) Activity.

3. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?
(a) Like pudding.
(b) Like flesh.
(c) Like marble.
(d) Like wax.

4. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?
(a) Kenmoore.
(b) Hampstead Heath.
(c) Hampstead.
(d) Kenwood.

5. During his first visit home, what type of religious ceremony did Sacks attend with his family?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) New Age.

6. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?
(a) By external impetus.
(b) By love and understanding.
(c) By sheer willpower.
(d) By reason and will.

7. Following the book fair, why did Sacks take the slow train from Boston to New York?
(a) He wanted to begin reading Head's books.
(b) He did not have enough money for the faster train.
(c) He had to kill time before an evening appointment.
(d) He wanted to enjoy life at a slow pace.

8. What concerto did Sacks listen to on a cassette tape?
(a) Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor.
(b) Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
(c) Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major.
(d) Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5.

9. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?
(a) He could not bear the idea of reentering the world.
(b) He was not strong enough to go home.
(c) Patients had to be reacclimated to the world.
(d) His family did not think he was ready to come home.

10. Who, in Sacks's family, had worked closely with Head?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His father.

11. When Sacks talks about the hole in memory and identity, what is he referring to (Afterword, pg 200)?
(a) A hole in his sense of selfhood.
(b) A hole in his subconscious understanding of the world.
(c) A hole in the primary consciousness.
(d) A hole in the higher-order consciousness.

12. The day that Sacks moved out of his first hospital room, how far did he walk?
(a) Three blocks.
(b) He could not walk at all.
(c) Half a mile.
(d) A mile.

13. How had Sacks tried to revive his left leg?
(a) By intense therapy.
(b) By thinking it into being.
(c) By wishing it into being.
(d) By praying it into being.

14. In Montaigne's words, who is a true doctor?
(a) The man who also understands art.
(b) The man who has experienced every illness he wants to cure.
(c) The man who sees his patients as people rather than as problems.
(d) The man who can sympathize with his patients.

15. When Sacks first entered into the field of neurology, what excited him most?
(a) The challenge of learning the field.
(b) The challenge of concepts and abstractions.
(c) The fact that he would not perform surgery anymore.
(d) The possibility for helping ill people.