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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 old is the main character?
(a) Eighty-Three
(b) Seventy-Three
(c) Ninety-Three
(d) Ninety

2. Why would the disorder described in the chapter be a bad thing?
(a) The brain does process information properly when patients feel their phantom limbs.
(b) Patients get angry when they rediscover they do not have limbs.
(c) Patients are disturbed by their false sensations.
(d) Patients do not recover from losing a limb.

3. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?
(a) Severly
(b) Moderately
(c) Not at all
(d) Slightly

4. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?
(a) It helps patients to live longer.
(b) It produces a sense of euphoria by releasing chemicals in the brain.
(c) It makes patients happy through the illusion of having the lost limb.
(d) It helps patients integrate with artificial limbs.

5. How does the remedy work?
(a) It helps him/her to be independent
(b) It increases the amount of food he/she eats
(c) It helps him/her go the bathroom properly
(d) It helps him/her with personal hygiene

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks says taht for a long time which part of the brain was thought to be less complex?

2. What was the main character's old line of work that helped in compensating for the main character's disorder?

3. How is the main character affected by Reagan's speech?

4. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?

5. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?

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