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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?

2. What tragedy did Darwin experience, which Sacks explains?

3. Once he began walking again, what time had arrived for Sacks?

4. According to Sacks, what was "the only proper posture of the soul at this time" (Chapter Three, pg 113)?

5. Who, in Sacks's family, had worked closely with Head?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What vital support did the surgeon take away when he dismissed Sacks's concerns? When was this support returned? How did Sacks change his career so that he could give this particular support to the patients he treated?

Essay Topic 2

What role does sight play in Sacks's story? When is his sight best and worst? What affects his sight? How do his eyes serve as symbols of his leg's injury and recovery?

Essay Topic 3

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)?

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