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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sacks's general opinion about the patients in the convalescent home?
(a) None of them had as compelling a story as he did.
(b) They were pretty knowledgeable about the world and their places in it.
(c) They were all smarter than the doctors.
(d) They were generally stupid and clueless.

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

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

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

5. When did scotoma overwhelm Sacks the most?
(a) At night.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) When he was tired.
(d) When he was happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

2. In the quote about patient waiting, why must the person not think?

3. While watching the surgery on his right leg, what time does Sacks remember?

4. How do we understand the concepts of time and space?

5. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?

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