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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 feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?
(a) Soul
(b) Hearing
(c) Smell
(d) Long-term Memory

2. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?
(a) He throws himself onto the floor.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) He howls with pain.
(d) He bleeds profusely.

3. What is the consequence scientists pay when they ignore the a patient's high cognitive function?
(a) They cannot diagnose their patients properly.
(b) They can do nothing to help their patients.
(c) They are out of touch with reality.
(d) They are unable to empathize with their patients.

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

5. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Priest
(b) Prince
(c) Princeses
(d) Nun

Short Answer Questions

1. How many characters does the main character identify himself as in front of Dr. Sacks?

2. What does Mr. P do to keep himself oriented?

3. Things aren't real to the main character until he has?

4. The main character's treatment causes her to enjoy what?

5. Which medicine is used to calm down the main character?

(see the answer key)

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