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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do people on the street react to the main character?
(a) They scream and yell at her
(b) They react out of compassion for her disorder
(c) They are frightened and quickly run away
(d) They believe she is mocking them

2. What is the treatment the main character undergoes?
(a) L-Acroymose
(b) L-Dopa
(c) L-Depikote
(d) L-Amictal

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

4. Which other character in the book does the main character in this chapter share a disorder with?
(a) Christina
(b) Jimmie G.
(c) Witty Ticcy Ray
(d) Mrs. B

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

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

7. What are the symptoms of the main character's affliction?
(a) She forgets who she is and invents new identities
(b) She can no longer see
(c) She has visions and seizures with a dream-like state
(d) She has incredible pain throughout her body

8. How do the main character's symptoms progress?
(a) They shorten in time but do not become more frequent
(b) They lengthen in time but do not become more frequent
(c) They become more frequent and she becomes lost in them
(d) They become less frequent and she recovers

9. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Natasha
(b) Madeline
(c) Mrs. B
(d) Christina

10. The main character's treatment causes her to enjoy what?
(a) Church Services
(b) Charity
(c) Smutty Stories
(d) Romantic Movies

11. Why does the main character confabulate?
(a) He cannot perceive his right leg
(b) He cannot understand what people say
(c) He cannot figure out who others are
(d) He cannot remember his own life story

12. What are the effects of the main character's affliction?
(a) Inability to comprehend language
(b) Inability to identify himself
(c) Inability to attend to his right side.
(d) Inability to identify others

13. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Nurse
(b) Lawyer
(c) Medical Student
(d) Doctor

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

15. How does the main character become himself again?
(a) Working A Job
(b) Worshipping in Church
(c) Sculpting
(d) Writing Music

Short Answer Questions

1. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?

2. What is the main character's main emotion?

3. Later on in life, but before being separated, what entertainment venue do the twins participate in?

4. What is the name of the main character in this chapter?

5. What does the main character lose when he loses his affliction?

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