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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?
2. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?
3. Essentially, why could Sacks not tense up the quadriceps?
4. What did Sacks feel as he was being admitted to the hospital?
5. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Sacks's right arm and shoulder were immobilized, what happened? What did this tell him about a person's body image?
2. What meals does Sacks describe most from his time in the hospital? What do these meals say about his frame of mind at each time?
3. Sacks says that simply his ability to stand changed the world and his place in it. How did this happen?
4. What timeline does Sacks establish for the development of neurology? What is still lacking from this branch of science?
5. The night before his cast was taken off, Sacks repeatedly dreamed a nightmare. What was this nightmare? How did it reveal the conflict in his mind?
6. While descending the mountain, what vision did Sacks cling to? Why do you think this was the picture he chose?
7. At his arrival to the Odda hospital, what was Sacks's experience with Nurse Solveig? How did this exemplify the prostration he began to feel in the hospital?
8. Through what physical senses does Sacks reenter the world of men?
9. What did Sacks think when he saw his left leg for the first time in two weeks? How did his own thoughts tie into the doctor's summary of the recovery?
10. What advice did Sacks's maiden aunt give him? How does this advice come across on the printed page?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Sacks use dialogue throughout the story? How is the dialogue divided among the people in his life? What are the varying tones of the dialogue? What does the use of dialogue contribute to the story?
Essay Topic 2
Write full personality sketches of these three people: Nurse Solveig, Dr. Swan, and Miss Preston. What role does each person play in the recovery? What is Sacks's opinion of each? In what ways does each person hinder or help Sacks?
Essay Topic 3
Sacks says that during his descent from the mountain, his awkward way of moving became natural (Chapter One, pg 10). He stopped thinking about it as the action became automatic. In what ways is this phenomenon exhibited throughout the book?
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