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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Nineteen, Murder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did James Parkinson identify Parkinsonism?
(a) In a lab in London
(b) In the streets of London
(c) In a hospital in London
(d) In an old folks home in London

2. What is the main character's primary affliction?
(a) Cannot understand faces
(b) Cannot see whole personalities
(c) Cannot remember who she is
(d) Cannot see the right-side of her visual field

3. How many cases are covered in this chapter?
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five

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

5. Why is the main character confused?
(a) He can't figure out how to remove his hands.
(b) He can't figure out how to detach his arm from his body.
(c) He can't figure out how to remove his face.
(d) He can't figure out how to detach his leg from his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's affliction?

2. What percentage of individuals in the old folks home where the main character lives end up using his/her solution to his/her disorder?

3. What does Sacks compare his tales to?

4. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?

5. How does the patient respond to Sacks?

(see the answer key)

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