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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Six, Phantoms.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?
(a) Where his proper arm is
(b) Where his proper face is
(c) Where his proper leg is
(d) Where his proper hands are

3. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?
(a) Auditory Memory
(b) Sensual Memory
(c) Visual Memory
(d) Olfactory Memory

4. After Dr. Sacks and Mr. P part ways, how much longer does Mr. P teach music?
(a) 5 years
(b) The rest of his life
(c) 10 years
(d) 1 year

5. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
(a) Home for the Aged
(b) National Institutes of Mental Health
(c) Therapist's Office
(d) Neuroscience Clinic

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would the disorder described in the chapter be a bad thing?

2. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?

3. What is the first man worried about?

4. How does Dr. Sacks respond to the main character?

5. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?

(see the answer key)

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