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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Eighteen, The Dog Beneath the Skin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Things aren't real to the main character until he has?
(a) Heard Them
(b) Touched Them
(c) Taste Them
(d) Smelled Them

2. The chapter covers a disorder where people who have lost limbs believe and feel that they are still there. What is this disorder called?
(a) Illusory Limb Disease
(b) Phantom Limb Disease
(c) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(d) Illusory Limb Syndrome

3. How many characters does the main character identify himself as in front of Dr. Sacks?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

4. Why would the disorder described in the chapter be a bad thing?
(a) Patients do not recover from losing a limb.
(b) The brain does process information properly when patients feel their phantom limbs.
(c) Patients get angry when they rediscover they do not have limbs.
(d) Patients are disturbed by their false sensations.

5. To what extent does the main character recognize his disorder?
(a) Not at all
(b) All the time
(c) Only at certain times
(d) Only when he is willing to face the truth

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the effects of the main character's affliction?

2. Who is the main character of this chapter?

3. How long does this affliction last?

4. What is the main character's affliction?

5. What is the main character's affliction?

(see the answer key)

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