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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the oddest thing that happened while Sacks's shoulder and arm were in a cast?
(a) He forgot that he had ever had them.
(b) They gave him constant pain.
(c) Their nerve endings no longer responded to stimuli.
(d) He could no longer feel their presence.

2. What is Hannah Arendt's idea about the space without time?
(a) It is the only place to meet God.
(b) It is the only home of Soul and Art.
(c) It is the place where Man must face himself most chillingly.
(d) It is the place where Man is not himself.

3. How does a person suffering from alienation of a limb think about that part of his body?
(a) It makes no sense to him.
(b) He does not think about that limb.
(c) It seems to belong to someone else.
(d) He thinks of himself as whole but injured.

4. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?
(a) As an inventor.
(b) As a risk-taker.
(c) As an explorer.
(d) As a humanitarian.

5. Previous to this injury, when Sacks had had electrical currents applied to his injured neck muscles, what happened?
(a) He felt shooting pains in his back.
(b) His neck muscles immediately relaxed.
(c) He had the undeniable impulse to shrug.
(d) His neck muscles had remained tense and nearly immobile.

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

7. What word does Nietzsche use to describe the feeling that convalescence brings?
(a) Calmness.
(b) Inebriation.
(c) Intoxication.
(d) Brightness.

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

9. Why could Head not explain the poetry of music and movement the way he felt it?
(a) He was essentially a scientist.
(b) He had a limited capacity for expressing himself to others.
(c) He did not feel music and movement very deeply.
(d) He could only explain the poetry in scientific terms.

10. Following his second fall, how long did Sacks wait before surgery was performed
(a) Two hours.
(b) Eight hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Half an hour.

11. For people with hemi-inattention, what does "anosognosis" mean?
(a) Inability to communicate language confusion.
(b) Unawareness of their physical bodies.
(c) Unawareness that they are neglecting one half of their bodies.
(d) Inability to communicate physical distress.

12. Whom does Sacks quote to illustrate his need for patient waiting?
(a) St. Christopher.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Conrad.

13. What color did Head attribute to neurology?
(a) Grey.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

14. In Chapter Five, Sacks quotes poetry to explain the importance of music: "You are the music/ While the music lasts." Who wrote these lines?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) St. John of the Cross.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Kant.

15. At what moment did Sacks's leg "return" to his body?
(a) When he walked and felt sensation in it.
(b) When he remembered the rhythm of hiking up the mountain.
(c) When he heard Mendelssohn's music in his head.
(d) When he had taken several steps.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What colors were the Head books which Sacks bought?

4. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?

5. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?

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