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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 the first man worried about?
(a) Poking his eye out.
(b) Cutting his leg.
(c) Tripping over his foot.
(d) Breaking his finger.

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

3. Sacks is a:
(a) Economist
(b) Journalist
(c) Philosopher
(d) Neuroscientist

4. How is the main character treated?
(a) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can turn left
(b) He/She is given a wheelchair so he/she can go to the bathroom on his/her own
(c) He/She is given a wheel chair so he/she can turn right
(d) He/She is given a wheelchair to give him/her a sense of independence

5. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?
(a) 1955
(b) 1965
(c) 1945
(d) 1975

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's affliction?

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

3. Sacks finds his patients:

4. Who are the main characters in this chapter?

5. The second main character in the chapter hears what over and over again?

(see the answer key)

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