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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Three, The Disembodied Lady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Mentally handicapped
(b) Geniuses
(c) Mentally impaired
(d) Normal

2. Sacks sees his patients as:
(a) Crazy
(b) Mere case studies
(c) Real people
(d) Mere medical files

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

4. What does Mr. P do to keep himself oriented?
(a) Sings to himself
(b) Asks for help
(c) Follows his wife's instructions
(d) Memorizes routines

5. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Disembodied
(b) Depressed
(c) Disoriented
(d) Dispeptic

Short Answer Questions

1. After Dr. Sacks and Mr. P part ways, how much longer does Mr. P teach music?

2. What feature of humans does Sacks wonder if Jimmie lacks?

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

4. Sacks is a:

5. Who is the main character of this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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