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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?
(a) Asking the night nurse out for a drink.
(b) Climbing a ladder to the roof.
(c) Walking the edge of his second-story balcony.
(d) Walking around the grounds unattended.

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

5. What was the oddest thing that happened while Sacks's shoulder and arm were in a cast?
(a) He could no longer feel their presence.
(b) They gave him constant pain.
(c) He forgot that he had ever had them.
(d) Their nerve endings no longer responded to stimuli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

2. What group of people did Weir Mitchell write about?

3. When Sacks talks about the hole in memory and identity, what is he referring to (Afterword, pg 200)?

4. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

5. During his recovery, what did Sacks decide was the most important thing of all?

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