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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character's symptoms are:
(a) Violent tics that occur every few seconds
(b) A strong left-side tilt
(c) Lost memory
(d) Inability to grasp the meanings of words

2. What time period is Jimmie stuck in?
(a) 1955
(b) 1975
(c) 1945
(d) 1965

3. If Sacks called his chapters 'studies' what would that mean about his attitude?
(a) He despises his patients.
(b) He is detached from his patients.
(c) He is professional.
(d) He likes his patients.

4. The main character's disorder involves a breakdown of cooperation between which three body systems?
(a) Hearing, balance organs, and vision
(b) Hearing, balance organs, and proprioception
(c) Vision, balance organs, and proprioception
(d) Hearing, proprioception, and vision

5. The main character has which problem?
(a) Left-side Paralysis
(b) Tourette's Syndrome
(c) Syphillis
(d) Extreme mental images

6. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?
(a) Edelman
(b) Luria
(c) Petersen
(d) Pinker

7. Why doesn't the introduction of a video system work?
(a) The patient does not like to be reminded of his/her disability
(b) The patient can't work the video system
(c) The patient is disturbed that he/she can only perceive half of his/her body
(d) The patient is upset by his/her unkempt appearance

8. Which capacity of the main character is enhanced by his/her disability?
(a) The ability to see color.
(b) The ability to comprehend complex words
(c) The ability to understand speaking tone
(d) The ability to comprehend simple sentences.

9. Sacks' patients are typically:
(a) Mentally impaired
(b) Mentally handicapped
(c) Geniuses
(d) Normal

10. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Agitated and angry
(b) Calm and even tempered
(c) Upbeat and joyful
(d) Fearful and uneasy

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

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

13. Patients with the main character's disorder have trouble with what?
(a) Seeing Colors
(b) Comprehending Words
(c) Grasping Pitches
(d) Feeling Their Legs

14. What is the name of the main character mentioned in the postscript?
(a) Miguel
(b) Witty Ticcy Ray
(c) Jimmie G.
(d) Mr. P

15. The main character has which of the following problems?
(a) Cupid's Disease
(b) Right-Side Paralysis
(c) Aphasia
(d) Phantom Limb Syndrome

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks is a:

2. Dr. P cannot recognize what?

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

4. Sacks sees himself as having what kind of personality?

5. What is proprioception?

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