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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. Patients with the main character's disorder have trouble with what?
(a) Seeing Colors
(b) Feeling Their Legs
(c) Comprehending Words
(d) Grasping Pitches

2. When does the main character live?
(a) 16th century
(b) 1950s
(c) 19th century
(d) 12th century

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

4. What has the main character experienced over the last twenty-four years?
(a) Deep Depression
(b) A Coma
(c) Fits of Rage
(d) A Trance

5. What was an activity of the main character's?
(a) Writing
(b) Politics
(c) Science
(d) Preaching

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main character's symptoms?

2. What is the main character's affliction?

3. Which faculty of mind does Sacks argue is left out of psychology and neuroscience?

4. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?

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

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