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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is the character in this chapter?
(a) Late twenties
(b) Late forties
(c) Early thirties
(d) Sixties
2. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) The patient is paralyzed from the waist down but is unaware of it.
(b) The patient has lost a limb but is unaware of it.
(c) The patient is stuck in 1955 in his mind but is unaware of it.
(d) The patient tilts to one side when walking but is unaware of it.
3. How does the 'what science leaves out' theme play out in this chapter?
(a) Science pays no attention to the state of the soul in these matters.
(b) Science leaves out the personal experience of the patient.
(c) Science ignores the ethical issues at stake.
(d) Science leaves out an account of higher cognitive faculties.
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) Phantom Limb Disease
(c) Illusory Limb Syndrome
(d) Illusory Limb Disease
5. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?
(a) 1975
(b) 1955
(c) 1965
(d) 1945
6. For Sacks it is important to treat his patients with:
(a) Respect
(b) Disdain
(c) A Helping Hand
(d) Love
7. What is the first man worried about?
(a) Cutting his leg.
(b) Poking his eye out.
(c) Tripping over his foot.
(d) Breaking his finger.
8. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Disembodied
(b) Disoriented
(c) Dispeptic
(d) Depressed
9. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?
(a) Upbeat and joyful
(b) Agitaged and concerned
(c) Calm and even tempered
(d) Fearful and uneasy
10. How many children does the main character have?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Three
11. The main character cannot perceive:
(a) Objects that are square
(b) Objects with color
(c) Objects on her right
(d) Objects on her left
12. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Agitated and angry
(b) Upbeat and joyful
(c) Calm and even tempered
(d) Fearful and uneasy
13. Sacks is a:
(a) Journalist
(b) Philosopher
(c) Economist
(d) Neuroscientist
14. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?
(a) It makes patients happy through the illusion of having the lost limb.
(b) It helps patients to live longer.
(c) It produces a sense of euphoria by releasing chemicals in the brain.
(d) It helps patients integrate with artificial limbs.
15. Which medicine is used to calm down the main character?
(a) Abilify
(b) Depicote
(c) Luvox
(d) Haldol
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is the main character confused?
2. What is the main character's affliction?
3. The main character's affliction causes her to feel how?
4. What are the agents that spread the main character's disorder?
5. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?
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