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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sacks hope to accomplish by reading Head's books?
(a) Divert his thinking from his own past.
(b) Understand how to prevent body alienation in the future.
(c) Receive illumination about his experiences.
(d) Learn the emotional intricacies of body alienation.

2. How does Sack describe his thoughts during the first moments of standing again?
(a) He was too excited to remember his thoughts.
(b) His life had been recreated.
(c) He was entering the world of the patient from the world of the dead.
(d) The world was again possible.

3. Montaigne, Kant, and Einstein all agree that there is no substitute for what?
(a) Science.
(b) Education.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Experience.

4. When Sacks talks about the hole in memory and identity, what is he referring to (Afterword, pg 200)?
(a) A hole in the primary consciousness.
(b) A hole in the higher-order consciousness.
(c) A hole in his sense of selfhood.
(d) A hole in his subconscious understanding of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it so difficult for Sacks to take the first step?

2. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?

3. Sacks did not attend the memorial service for W. H. Auden because he thought he was too weak to travel. Where was this service held?

4. In the convalescent home, what did Sacks's first breakfast partner find amusing?

5. When did Sacks suffer his second fall?

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