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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. What is a visual phantom?
(a) When a patient's perception is confused and they cannot navigate well.
(b) When a patient sees shapes and colors that are not there.
(c) When a patient has hallucinations of past events.
(d) When a patient has a persistent hallucination of a person or other being accompanying or harassing him/her.

2. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) William
(b) Jimmie G.
(c) Witty Ticcy Ray
(d) Miguel

3. What are the effects of the main character's affliction?
(a) Inability to attend to his right side.
(b) Inability to comprehend language
(c) Inability to identify others
(d) Inability to identify himself

4. 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) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(b) Illusory Limb Disease
(c) Illusory Limb Syndrome
(d) Phantom Limb Disease

5. What does the main character lose when he loses his affliction?
(a) Happiness
(b) Luck
(c) Depression
(d) Inhibition

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first man worried about?

2. What is the main character's occupation?

3. How many characters does the main character identify himself as in front of Dr. Sacks?

4. How long does this affliction last?

5. What is the main character's affliction?

(see the answer key)

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