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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. P do to keep himself oriented?
(a) Follows his wife's instructions
(b) Asks for help
(c) Memorizes routines
(d) Sings to himself

2. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Disoriented
(b) Dispeptic
(c) Disembodied
(d) Depressed

3. Sacks says taht for a long time which part of the brain was thought to be less complex?
(a) The right hemisphere
(b) Parietal Lobe
(c) Frontal Lobe
(d) The left hemisphere

4. The main character has a high level of intelligence, allowing him/her to accomplish what despite his/her disability?
(a) Get a PhD
(b) Go to College
(c) Get Married
(d) Go to College and Get Married

5. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Putting a food tray out of reach.
(b) Recommending surgery.
(c) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.
(d) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.

6. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?
(a) Twenty years
(b) Eight years
(c) One year
(d) Ten years

7. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his leg is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his face is someone else's.
(c) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(d) He believes that his hands are someone else's.

8. Sacks is a:
(a) Economist
(b) Journalist
(c) Philosopher
(d) Neuroscientist

9. Dr. P cannot recognize what?
(a) Faces
(b) Sounds
(c) Pictures
(d) Emotions

10. What part of the main character's body does he have a problem with?
(a) His hands
(b) His leg
(c) His arm
(d) His face

11. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?
(a) Upbeat and joyful
(b) Fearful and uneasy
(c) Calm and even tempered
(d) Agitaged and concerned

12. What does Sacks compare his tales to?
(a) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
(b) Arabian Nights
(c) Lawrence of Arabia
(d) The Bible

13. What is the cause of the main character's inability to use one of her body parts?
(a) Cerebral Palsy
(b) There is no cause; it is an illusion.
(c) A Virus
(d) Blindness

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

15. For Sacks it is important to treat his patients with:
(a) Love
(b) A Helping Hand
(c) Respect
(d) Disdain

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would the disorder described in the chapter be a bad thing?

2. How old is the character in this chapter?

3. What is Dr. Sacks' treatment of the main character?

4. The main character's disorder involves a breakdown of cooperation between which three body systems?

5. What branch of the armed services was Jimmie G. in?

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