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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Sixteen, Incontinent Nostalgia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character's symptoms are:
(a) Violent tics that occur every few seconds
(b) Lost memory
(c) Inability to grasp the meanings of words
(d) A strong left-side tilt

2. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?
(a) 1955
(b) 1945
(c) 1965
(d) 1975

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

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

5. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Depressed
(b) Disembodied
(c) Dispeptic
(d) Disoriented

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?

2. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?

3. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:

4. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?

5. What is the main character's main emotion?

(see the answer key)

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