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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. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his face is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(c) He believes that his leg is someone else's.
(d) He believes that his hands are someone else's.

2. The main character has a high level of intelligence, allowing him/her to accomplish what despite his/her disability?
(a) Get a PhD
(b) Get Married
(c) Go to College and Get Married
(d) Go to College

3. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?
(a) He bleeds profusely.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) He howls with pain.
(d) He throws himself onto the floor.

4. William Penfield calls the disorder discussed in the chapter by what technical name?
(a) Mental Degradation
(b) Mental Aphasia
(c) Mental Displopia
(d) Mental Agnosia

5. The main character cannot perceive:
(a) Objects with color
(b) Objects that are square
(c) Objects on her left
(d) Objects on her right

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks is a:

2. To what extent is Jimmie G's intelligence impaired?

3. The main character's symptoms are:

4. Sacks thinks of his patients as:

5. What is the main character's primary affliction?

(see the answer key)

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