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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 sees himself as having what kind of personality?
(a) A Romantic
(b) Neither
(c) Both
(d) A Clinician

2. Sacks' book is different from a college textbook in that it:
(a) Has a more rushed style
(b) Has a friendlier style
(c) Has a slower pace
(d) Has a more scientific style

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

4. What aspect of his patients is Sacks concerned to communicate to his reader?
(a) Their diagnosis
(b) Their neurological defect
(c) Their treatment
(d) Their representation of self

5. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?
(a) Losing the ability to stand or feel objects
(b) Losing the ability to see or hear
(c) Losing the ability to taste or smell
(d) Losing the ability to remember recent and distant events

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sort of memory does Jimmie G. lack?

2. What does Sacks compare his tales to?

3. Dr. P possesses which personal qualities.

4. Dr. P is a teacher of what?

5. What is proprioception?

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