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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Beginning.
(b) The Fall.
(c) The Bull.
(d) The Mountain.

2. Why did Sacks dedicate his book to Luria?
(a) Because Luria led him out of the darkness.
(b) Because Luria was a mentor during medical school.
(c) Because Luria pioneered a deeper, revolutionary medicine.
(d) Because Luria's book deeply changed his view of neurological illnesses.

3. What role did Mary-Kay Wilmers play in Sacks's recovery?
(a) She nursed him in the convalescent home.
(b) She suggested and edited his article entitled "The Leg."
(c) She served as the impetus for his philosophical musings about his injury.
(d) She nursed him in the hospital after his surgery.

4. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?
(a) Empathetic.
(b) Ill-advised.
(c) Uninformed.
(d) Veterinary.

5. When did Sacks begin writing to Luria?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?

2. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?

3. How long did it take Sacks to reach the final understanding of his various thoughts?

4. When was Studies in Neurology published?

5. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the late afternoon, what silence did Sacks experience? Why was this terrifying?

2. During the first night in the hospital whom did Sacks see in his dream? How did Sacks live to imitate this person?

3. How did Sacks treat the warning sign about the bull? What does this reveal about his attitude?

4. The night before his cast was taken off, Sacks repeatedly dreamed a nightmare. What was this nightmare? How did it reveal the conflict in his mind?

5. What differences exist between the 1993 edition of the book and the previous editions? Without having read the previous edition, do you think these changes are positive?

6. How does the quote at the beginning of Chapter Four compare to Sacks's own words which begin the chapter?

7. Leontev and Zaporozhet's book dealt with two hundred soldiers who suffered hand injuries. What was Sacks's reaction to the book? How did it help his healing process?

8. What was the life voice which Sacks heard on the mountain? How was this voice stronger than his circumstances?

9. What did Sacks do when he finally wanted to escape the convalescent home? How did the woman he met treat him differently than the hospital nurses had?

10. To whom did Sacks dedicate the book A Leg to Stand On? Why might he have chosen this person?

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