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

Short Answer Questions

1. For people with hemi-inattention, what does "anosognosis" mean?

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

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

4. When moving out of his tiny hospital room, why did Sacks see the world as two-dimensional?

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

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

"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

"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?

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