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

Short Answer Questions

1. While under the spinal anesthesia, how did Sacks perceive his body?

2. Sacks was excited about buying books written by a man named Head. What was the author's first name?

3. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?

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

5. When Sacks talks about the hole in memory and identity, what is he referring to (Afterword, pg 200)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the main point of A Leg to Stand On? In other words, what does Sacks most want his readers to learn? How does he illustrate or argue for this point throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What was Sacks's opinion of his leg while it was in the cast? Why did he have this opinion? Given what he says about his second injury some ten years later, how might he have changed this errant perception of his left leg in a cast?

Essay Topic 3

Note Dr. Swan's attitude toward Sacks's injury compared to Sacks's attitude. How do they differ? In Sacks's attitude toward his own injury, what are the elements of a physician? What are the elements of a patient? What does he think of Dr. Swan's professional opinion?

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