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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did Sacks spend in limbo?

2. What problem did Sacks find with Leontev and Zaporozhet's book?

3. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

4. Following his second fall, how long did Sacks wait before surgery was performed

5. Sacks references a chapter in Luria's book The Man with a Shattered World that profoundly affected his thoughts about recovery. What was the name of this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"I was rather pleased to be compared with a dog--I much preferred it to being called 'unique.' And it brought home something about the elemental nature of the animal soul and animal motion, and about spontaneity, musicality, animation" (Chapter Six, pg 194). Explain this quote: when was Sacks compared with a dog? When was he referred to as unique? What element of movement and music was contained in this situation?

Essay Topic 2

"We have art, in order that we may not perish from the truth" (Nietzsche, Chapter Three, pg 89). Why did Sacks believe this? How did he incorporate this idea into his recovery?

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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