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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. How does the main character feel about his/her body?
(a) That it is detached from him/her.
(b) That it is deteriorating.
(c) That it has a mind of its own.
(d) That it will spontaneously combust.

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

3. The main character in this chapter has which affliction?
(a) Prosopagnosia
(b) Agnosia
(c) Aphasia
(d) Hemiplegia

4. The chapter covers a disorder where people who have lost limbs believe and feel that they are still there. What is this disorder called?
(a) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(b) Illusory Limb Disease
(c) Illusory Limb Syndrome
(d) Phantom Limb Disease

5. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Geniuses
(b) Normal
(c) Mentally impaired
(d) Mentally handicapped

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other character in the book does the main character in this chapter share a disorder with?

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

3. What is proprioception?

4. Who is the main character of this chapter?

5. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?

(see the answer key)

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