2. Sacks references a chapter in Luria's book The Man with a Shattered World that profoundly affected his thoughts about recovery. What was the name of this chapter?
(a) "Under the World."
(b) "Reconstruction."
(c) "The Turning Point."
(d) "The Moment of Light."

3. How much did Sacks walk the day after his second surgery?
(a) Half a dozen steps.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Half the length of the hospital hallway.

4. What is the most important reason for the young painter's misery?
(a) He was impatient for the moment of death.
(b) He knew he was dying and could not accept it.
(c) He could not hide his wish for death.
(d) He could not hide his worsening illness.

5. What reason did Sacks give for hating any creature with health?
(a) It was the sickness speaking.
(b) The healthy creatures could not understand him.
(c) It was one step along the road to recovery.
(d) After everything he went through, he deserved it.

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

7. What happened to Sacks's writing style when he was forced to write with his left hand?
(a) It became more concise.
(b) It became heavy-hearted.
(c) It became melodramatic.
(d) It became more verbose.

8. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?
(a) His life had been recreated.
(b) He was too excited to remember his thoughts.
(c) He was entering the world of the patient from the world of the dead.
(d) The world was again possible.

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

10. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?
(a) He was starved to look at anything green.
(b) He was tired of his hospital room.
(c) He was eager to see other people.
(d) He was realizing how cut off from life he was.

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

12. 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.

13. What tragedy did Darwin experience, which Sacks explains?
(a) He became more happy as he learned more science.
(b) He lost his taste for art and music.
(c) He lost his taste for science.
(d) He turned against art as inessential to life.

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

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