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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. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.
(b) Putting a food tray out of reach.
(c) Recommending surgery.
(d) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.

2. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?
(a) 1945
(b) 1955
(c) 1975
(d) 1965

3. Dr. P cannot recognize what?
(a) Pictures
(b) Faces
(c) Emotions
(d) Sounds

4. What part of the main character's body does he have a problem with?
(a) His leg
(b) His face
(c) His arm
(d) His hands

5. In what place does Jimmie recover a part of himself?
(a) Home
(b) Chapel
(c) Work
(d) School

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence scientists pay when they ignore the a patient's high cognitive function?

2. Sacks says taht for a long time which part of the brain was thought to be less complex?

3. How many cases are covered in this chapter?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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