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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Eight, Eyes Right!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?
(a) Not at all
(b) Severly
(c) Moderately
(d) Slightly

2. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?
(a) Twenty years
(b) Ten years
(c) One year
(d) Eight years

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

4. What is the first man worried about?
(a) Poking his eye out.
(b) Breaking his finger.
(c) Tripping over his foot.
(d) Cutting his leg.

5. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?
(a) Where his proper arm is
(b) Where his proper leg is
(c) Where his proper hands are
(d) Where his proper face is

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks finds his patients:

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

3. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?

4. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?

5. If Sacks called his chapters 'studies' what would that mean about his attitude?

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