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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 surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?
(a) Kidney transplant
(b) Gallbladder surgery
(c) Appendectomy
(d) Back surgery

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

3. Dr. P is a teacher of what?
(a) Music
(b) Art
(c) Philosophy
(d) Literature

4. At what stage of Sacks' career does he encounter the main character of Chapter Four?
(a) As a doctor in the middle of his career practice
(b) As a resident
(c) As a young doctor
(d) As a young medical student

5. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Calm and even tempered
(b) Fearful and uneasy
(c) Upbeat and joyful
(d) Agitated and angry

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. P possesses which personal qualities.

2. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?

3. How does the main character feel about his/her body?

4. The main character cannot perceive:

5. How many cases are covered in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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