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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?
(a) They kept the patients from drifting into chaos or passivity.
(b) They kept the patients from reconnecting to the world too early.
(c) They showed the patients who held the power.
(d) They kept the patients from getting into mischief.

2. What important concept did Sacks find in Kant's writing?
(a) A vivid concept of the body-ego connection.
(b) A living concept of time and space.
(c) A modern concept of personhood.
(d) A traditional concept of man's relation to the world.

3. While watching the surgery on his right leg, what time does Sacks remember?
(a) His agonizing move down the mountain.
(b) Preparation for his first surgery.
(c) His time in the Casting Room.
(d) The moment he faced the bull.

4. How do we understand the concepts of time and space?
(a) In reference to the people around us.
(b) In context of our scientific understanding.
(c) In reference to ourselves.
(d) In reference to the physical world.

5. How many days did Sacks spend in his small hospital room?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the oddest thing that happened while Sacks's shoulder and arm were in a cast?

3. During his first visit home, what type of religious ceremony did Sacks attend with his family?

4. What is Hannah Arendt's idea about the space without time?

5. What quality of Limbo is inherent in scotoma?

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