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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tragedy did Darwin experience, which Sacks explains?
(a) He became more happy as he learned more science.
(b) He turned against art as inessential to life.
(c) He lost his taste for art and music.
(d) He lost his taste for science.

2. Why was it difficult for Sacks to proceed through the land of limbo?
(a) He had no music.
(b) He had no traveling companions.
(c) There was no map or chart.
(d) There was no God figure present.

3. What vital change in the world happened once Sacks moved out of his first hospital room?
(a) He became part of a community again.
(b) He felt distant from the other patients though he had expected to feel closer.
(c) He reinforced his individuality.
(d) He was intimidated by the vastness of the world.

4. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?
(a) By external impetus.
(b) By sheer willpower.
(c) By reason and will.
(d) By love and understanding.

5. What quality of Limbo is inherent in scotoma?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Absence.
(c) Timelessness.
(d) No physical placement in space.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Sacks walk the day after his second surgery?

2. Why did Sacks find beauty as well as fear in darkness?

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

4. How did Sacks's knee return to its full functionality?

5. The day that Sacks moved out of his first hospital room, how far did he walk?

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