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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Excesses: Introduction and Chapter Ten, Witty Ticcy Ray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:
(a) He is a bad writer.
(b) He has less education than most fiction writers.
(c) He is not a trained writer.
(d) He is more scientific and philosophical than most.

2. What does the main character do with this body part?
(a) Throws it out of bed
(b) Asks someone to amputate it
(c) Beats it until it is bruised
(d) Tries to cut it off

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

4. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) The patient is paralyzed from the waist down but is unaware of it.
(b) The patient is stuck in 1955 in his mind but is unaware of it.
(c) The patient tilts to one side when walking but is unaware of it.
(d) The patient has lost a limb but is unaware of it.

5. Sacks sees himself as having what kind of personality?
(a) A Romantic
(b) Neither
(c) Both
(d) A Clinician

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character of this chapter has which disorder?

2. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?

3. Which sort of memory does Jimmie G. lack?

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

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

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