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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 the main character's occupation?
(a) Nurse
(b) Lawyer
(c) Doctor
(d) Medical Student

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

3. How long does this affliction last?
(a) Three Days
(b) Three Years
(c) Three Weeks
(d) Three Months

4. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?
(a) It helps patients integrate with artificial limbs.
(b) It helps patients to live longer.
(c) It produces a sense of euphoria by releasing chemicals in the brain.
(d) It makes patients happy through the illusion of having the lost limb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character of this chapter?

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

3. Why does the main character confabulate?

4. What is the main character's affliction?

5. How many cases are covered in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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