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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Five, Hands.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Short-term Amnesia
(b) Long-term Amnesia
(c) Retrograde Amensia
(d) Postgrade Amensia

2. Who is the main character of the chapter?
(a) Jimmie G.
(b) Christina
(c) Mr. P.
(d) Madeline J.

3. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) Neither Congenital Blindness nor Cerebral Palsy
(b) Only Congenital Blindness
(c) Only Cerebral Palsy
(d) Congential Blindness and Cerebral Palsy

4. How old is the character in this chapter?
(a) Late forties
(b) Late twenties
(c) Sixties
(d) Early thirties

5. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?
(a) The Left hemisphere
(b) Parietal lobe
(c) The right hemisphere
(d) Frontal lobe

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the main character sitting when the nurses find him?

2. Who is the main character of this chapter?

3. What does Sacks call his chapters?

4. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?

5. How does the patient respond to Sacks?

(see the answer key)

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