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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. How is the main character affected by Reagan's speech?
(a) She hates it
(b) She is totally enamored with it
(c) She cannot understand it at all
(d) She hears inconsistencies in it that others cannot

2. Where does the main character end up flourishing?
(a) Reading
(b) Classes
(c) The Theatre
(d) Poetry Writing

3. The main character does not like his treatment. How does he/she cope?
(a) Takes medicine on the weekened but not during the week
(b) Changes medicines
(c) Takes medicine during the week but not on the weekends
(d) Learns to live without medicine

4. What is the main character's disorder?
(a) Aphasia
(b) Reminiscence
(c) Transcendence
(d) Agnosia

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Sacks called his chapters 'studies' what would that mean about his attitude?

2. What is the main character's affliction?

3. What is the main character's occupation?

4. Patients with the main character's disorder have trouble with what?

5. Who is the main character of this chapter?

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