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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. What was the main character's old line of work that helped in compensating for the main character's disorder?
(a) Pottery
(b) Carpentry
(c) Aviation
(d) Farming

2. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Geniuses
(b) Mentally impaired
(c) Normal
(d) Mentally handicapped

3. What does Sacks compare his tales to?
(a) The Bible
(b) Arabian Nights
(c) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(d) Lawrence of Arabia

4. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?
(a) Calm and even tempered
(b) Upbeat and joyful
(c) Agitaged and concerned
(d) Fearful and uneasy

5. The main character cannot perceive:
(a) Objects that are square
(b) Objects on her right
(c) Objects with color
(d) Objects on her left

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's affliction?

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

3. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?

4. The main character's disorder involves a breakdown of cooperation between which three body systems?

5. Why doesn't the introduction of a video system work?

(see the answer key)

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