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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. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?
2. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
3. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?
4. What other word is connoted by the word "hell"?
5. What analogy does Sacks refer to as he draws the relationship between science and art?
Short Essay Questions
1. What distinction does Freud make between types of paralyses? How did the distinction pave the way for a significantly narrow view of neurology?
2. How much time does Dr. Swan spend with Sacks prior to the operation? How does this foretell his interactions with Sacks following the operation?
3. During his descent off the mountain, what is Sacks's connection to humanity? How does this contrast to nature's impersonality?
4. What is the most basic purpose of classical neurology? As can be inferred from the purpose of Sacks's book, how does classical neurology fall short?
5. How did Sacks become the music which he heard in his head? How might this have saved him?
6. A large portion of the horror Sacks felt in Limbo was the silence. What other time has Sacks experienced such deep silence? How does this connection contribute to Limbo?
7. During his first night out of the hospital, Sacks wept in the doorway of the convalescent home. Briefly summarize his experiences so far to explain the tears.
8. How many patients with neurological disorders did Sacks study following his recovery? What does this number say about the people involved?
9. When touching his left leg for the first time after surgery, what did Sacks feel? How does his description of this moment pave the way for the truth about the leg?
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
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 2
What two distinctions did Sacks make for his attitudes while he was in Limbo? How were these distinctions borne out throughout his recovery (though he didn't allude to them so obviously after his time in Limbo)?
Essay Topic 3
As Sacks was being pressured to begin walking, what miracle occurred? How was this miracle the same thing he had been working toward since his accident?
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