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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Twenty, The Visions of Hildegard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the disorder consist in?
(a) Intense religous experiences
(b) Mental transports to others times or places
(c) The loss of one's sense of self
(d) The loss of one's sense of self-control

2. How is the main character treated?
(a) He/She is given a wheel chair so he/she can turn right
(b) He/She is given a wheelchair to give him/her a sense of independence
(c) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can turn left
(d) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can go to the bathroom on his/her own

3. How many cases are covered in this chapter?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Two

4. The main character has which problem?
(a) Extreme mental images
(b) Tourette's Syndrome
(c) Left-side Paralysis
(d) Syphillis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?

2. When does the main character live?

3. What aspect of his patients is Sacks concerned to communicate to his reader?

4. How is the main character affected by Reagan's speech?

5. How does the main character recall the murder?

(see the answer key)

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