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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. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?
(a) Edelman
(b) Luria
(c) Petersen
(d) Pinker

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

3. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his face is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his hands are someone else's.
(c) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(d) He believes that his leg is someone else's.

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

5. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:
(a) Damaging of the pain centers of the nerves attached to skin
(b) Damaging of the sensory roots of the spinal and cranial nerves
(c) Damaging of the pain centers of the spinal and cranial nerves
(d) Damaging of the sensory roots of the nerves attached to skin

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?

3. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?

4. Dr. P possesses which personal qualities.

5. There is a disorder where patients suddenly lose part of their memory back to a certain date or time period. What is it called?

(see the answer key)

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