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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: Chapter Twenty-Three, The Twins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?
(a) Losing the ability to stand or feel objects
(b) Losing the ability to see or hear
(c) Losing the ability to taste or smell
(d) Losing the ability to remember recent and distant events

2. Sacks is different from a fiction writer because:
(a) He has less education than most fiction writers.
(b) He is a bad writer.
(c) He is more scientific and philosophical than most.
(d) He is not a trained writer.

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

4. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Stephen D.
(b) Witty Ticcy Ray
(c) Miguel
(d) Jimmie G.

5. 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) Illusory Limb Syndrome
(b) Phantom Limb Disease
(c) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(d) Illusory Limb Disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?

2. How many characters does the main character identify himself as in front of Dr. Sacks?

3. Sacks calls the main character:

4. What is the main character's affliction?

5. Sacks sees his patients as:

(see the answer key)

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