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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. What does Sacks compare his tales to?
(a) Lawrence of Arabia
(b) Arabian Nights
(c) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(d) The Bible

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

3. There is a disorder where patients suddenly lose part of their memory back to a certain date or time period. What is it called?
(a) Postgrade Amensia
(b) Retrograde Amensia
(c) Short-term Amnesia
(d) Long-term Amnesia

4. What surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?
(a) Appendectomy
(b) Kidney transplant
(c) Back surgery
(d) Gallbladder surgery

5. Which faculty of mind does Sacks argue is left out of psychology and neuroscience?
(a) Spirit
(b) Emotion
(c) Soul
(d) Judgment

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. P cannot recognize what?

2. How does the main character feel about his/her body?

3. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?

4. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?

5. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?

(see the answer key)

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