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

2. Who is the main character of the chapter?
(a) Madeline J.
(b) Jimmie G.
(c) Christina
(d) Mr. P.

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

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

5. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) Neither Congenital Blindness nor Cerebral Palsy
(b) Congential Blindness and Cerebral Palsy
(c) Only Congenital Blindness
(d) Only Cerebral Palsy

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks finds his patients:

2. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?

3. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?

4. How does the main character compensate for his/her disorder?

5. How old is the main character?

(see the answer key)

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