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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When moving out of his tiny hospital room, why did Sacks see the world as two-dimensional?
(a) His vision reflected his changed thinking.
(b) The denervation process had also affected his eyes.
(c) The denervation process had affected only his left eye.
(d) His field of vision had shrunk.

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

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

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

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

6. What advantage did the mystics and metaphysical poets offer?
(a) Beautiful language to express hope.
(b) Deep expressions of despair.
(c) Vivid pictures of the abstract concepts which Sacks sought.
(d) Hope without a specific religion.

7. Montaigne, Kant, and Einstein all agree that there is no substitute for what?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Education.
(c) Science.
(d) Experience.

8. What did Sacks hope to accomplish by reading Head's books?
(a) Receive illumination about his experiences.
(b) Understand how to prevent body alienation in the future.
(c) Learn the emotional intricacies of body alienation.
(d) Divert his thinking from his own past.

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

10. According to Sacks, what was "the only proper posture of the soul at this time" (Chapter Three, pg 113)?
(a) Action and prayer.
(b) Action.
(c) Patience.
(d) Passivity and patience.

11. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?
(a) He saw the pipe as a sign of returning health.
(b) The pipe fit into the scenery and his mood.
(c) He was a smoker.
(d) He thought he had never before had the leisure to light one.

12. If an outsider were to observe the patients at the convalescent home, what would he have seen?
(a) Artificial friendships.
(b) Depth and secrecy.
(c) Darkness and secrecy.
(d) Lightheartedness and frivolity.

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

14. What problem did Sacks find with Leontev and Zaporozhet's book?
(a) The authors did not move beyond systematic analysis.
(b) The authors did not analyze the data they created.
(c) The authors did not interview enough patients.
(d) The book was not written cohesively.

15. Once he began walking again, what time had arrived for Sacks?
(a) The time for great changes.
(b) The time for doing.
(c) The time for community.
(d) The time for thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?

2. In the hospital gardens, what set patients off from non-patients?

3. What happened to Sacks's writing style when he was forced to write with his left hand?

4. What two sounds was Sacks caught between?

5. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?

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