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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) Prosopagnosia
(b) Agnosia
(c) Schizophrenia
(d) Aphasia

5. What is the name of the main character in this chapter?
(a) Rebecca
(b) Mrs O'M
(c) Madeline
(d) Luria

6. Things aren't real to the main character until he has?
(a) Smelled Them
(b) Heard Them
(c) Touched Them
(d) Taste Them

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

8. What is the main character's occupation?
(a) Nun
(b) Prince
(c) Princeses
(d) Priest

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

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

11. What was the main character's affliction?
(a) Bipolar Disorder
(b) Its not clear
(c) Reminiscence
(d) Schizophrenia

12. The main character responds to treatment by first regaining what?
(a) Speech and Psychomotor Functioning
(b) Neither One
(c) Psychomotor Functioning
(d) Speech

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

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

15. Who does the main character kill?
(a) His Grandmother
(b) His Girlfriend
(c) His Sister
(d) His Mother

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the main character recall the murder?

2. What is the main character's affliction?

3. Who is the main character of this chapter?

4. How does the patient react to her perceptions of individuals as fractured?

5. Where does the main character end up flourishing?

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