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

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

4. During his recovery, what did Sacks decide was the most important thing of all?
(a) Family.
(b) Strength.
(c) Life.
(d) Health.

5. Why did Sacks find beauty as well as fear in darkness?
(a) There was hope for an end.
(b) There was hope for a new light.
(c) The darkness was guided by God.
(d) The darkness was part of human experience.

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

7. What colors were the Head books which Sacks bought?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Green and red.
(c) Yellow and purple.
(d) Red and white.

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

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

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

11. How must a person react to the abyss?
(a) Either face it or walk away.
(b) Search it for answers.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Skirt its edge without falling in.

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

13. 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 the primary consciousness.
(c) A hole in the higher-order consciousness.
(d) A hole in his subconscious understanding of the world.

14. How did Sacks's knee return to its full functionality?
(a) He went through one week of therapy.
(b) He stopped thinking about its physical movements.
(c) He was challenged to swim.
(d) He walked one mile a day.

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