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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does a person suffering from alienation of a limb think about that part of his body?

3. 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?

4. What advantage did the mystics and metaphysical poets offer?

5. The day that Sacks moved out of his first hospital room, how far did he walk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sacks use dialogue throughout the story? How is the dialogue divided among the people in his life? What are the varying tones of the dialogue? What does the use of dialogue contribute to the story?

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

How does Sacks describe his first ten minutes of walking again (Chapter Five, pgs 123-24)? How did this return him to the moment of humanity? How does this compare to Donne's quote at the beginning of Chapter Two?

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