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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. How does Dr. Sacks respond to the main character?
(a) Informs him that his hands are his own.
(b) Informs him that his arm is his own.
(c) Informs him that his face is his own.
(d) Informs him that his leg is his own.

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

3. Dr. P cannot recognize what?
(a) Pictures
(b) Sounds
(c) Emotions
(d) Faces

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

5. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?
(a) The Navy
(b) The Army
(c) The Marines
(d) The Air Force

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks sees his patients as:

2. Sacks is a:

3. Which faculty of mind does Sacks argue is left out of psychology and neuroscience?

4. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?

5. What surgery is the main character admitted into the hospital to have?

(see the answer key)

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