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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disorder does the main character have?
(a) Alzheimer's Disease
(b) Tourette's Syndrome
(c) Parkinson's Disease
(d) Phantom Limb Syndrome

2. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?
(a) She finds herself trapped within memories of being in Ireland from time to time
(b) She wakes up in the middle of the night hearing songs from her childhood
(c) She is temporarily transported back to events from her teenage years each week
(d) She loses her sense of time and space

3. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Charlemaigne
(b) Odo of Cluny
(c) Hildegard of Bingen
(d) Peter Damien

4. Where did James Parkinson identify Parkinsonism?
(a) In an old folks home in London
(b) In the streets of London
(c) In a lab in London
(d) In a hospital in London

5. Sacks calls the main character:
(a) A Foolish Isaiah
(b) An Idiot Ecclesiastes
(c) A Friend of God
(d) A Shadow of Ruth

6. What does the main character lose when he loses his affliction?
(a) Luck
(b) Inhibition
(c) Happiness
(d) Depression

7. Who are the two twins in the chapter?
(a) Ray and John
(b) Jimmy and John
(c) John and Michael
(d) Michael and Ray

8. How does the main character describe what is happening to her?
(a) She is
(b) She is
(c) She is
(d) She is

9. Who is the main character in this chapter?
(a) Stephen
(b) Donald
(c) Jimmie
(d) Ray

10. How does the patient react to her perceptions of individuals as fractured?
(a) She sees no problem with it
(b) She is depressed
(c) She is shocked
(d) She is angry

11. What is the disorder discussed in the chapter named by Sacks?
(a) Disintegration
(b) Transcendence
(c) Reminiscences
(d) Dissolution

12. What does the disorder consist in?
(a) The loss of one's sense of self
(b) Mental transports to others times or places
(c) Intense religous experiences
(d) The loss of one's sense of self-control

13. What disease does the main character have?
(a) Parkinson's
(b) Alzheimer's
(c) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(d) Huntingdon's Disease

14. When does the main character live?
(a) 12th century
(b) 1950s
(c) 16th century
(d) 19th century

15. Who are the main characters in this chapter?
(a) Mrs. O'C and Mrs. O'M
(b) Mrs. O'F and Mrs O'P
(c) Mrs. O'D and Mrs. O'Q
(d) Mrs. O'B and Mrs O'Q

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does the main character take up later in life?

2. What happens when the twins are separated?

3. What was an activity of the main character's?

4. What has the main character experienced over the last twenty-four years?

5. How does the main character become himself again?

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