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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. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
(a) Therapist's Office
(b) National Institutes of Mental Health
(c) Home for the Aged
(d) Neuroscience Clinic

2. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?
(a) A wheelchair
(b) Her ears
(c) Her eyes
(d) Help from family

3. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?
(a) The Army
(b) The Marines
(c) The Air Force
(d) The Navy

4. What does Sacks call his chapters?
(a) Studies
(b) Stories
(c) Chapters
(d) Sections

5. What is the technical term of Jimmie G.'s disorder?
(a) Amnesia
(b) Prosopagnosia
(c) Agnosia
(d) Retrograde Amnesia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sacks' patients are typically:

3. Dr. P possesses which personal qualities.

4. Sacks is a:

5. How old is the character in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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