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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The main character has which problem?
(a) Tourette's Syndrome
(b) Extreme mental images
(c) Syphillis
(d) Left-side Paralysis
2. Which of Sacks' questions in the main character unable to answer?
(a) Where his proper leg is
(b) Where his proper hands are
(c) Where his proper face is
(d) Where his proper arm is
3. Why is the main character confused?
(a) He can't figure out how to remove his hands.
(b) He can't figure out how to detach his leg from his body.
(c) He can't figure out how to detach his arm from his body.
(d) He can't figure out how to remove his face.
4. How does the main character regain control of his/her body?
(a) Help from family
(b) Her eyes
(c) Her ears
(d) A wheelchair
5. The main character of this chapter has which disorder?
(a) Phantom Limb Syndrome
(b) Agnosia
(c) Tourette's Syndrome
(d) Blindsight
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the main character's affliction?
2. How is the main character treated?
3. Sacks is a:
4. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?
5. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is proprioception? What does losing it prevent you from doing?
2. What is the overall theme of the book?
3. Why does Sacks think that phantom limb syndrome might be importantly beneficial to a patient who has lost a limb?
4. How does Mr. MacGregor work to compensate for his disorder?
5. How does Dr. Sacks approach the main character?
6. Why does it matter to Sacks that he tell stories about his patients rather than giving sterile case studies?
7. What is the cause of the main character's affliction? When is it first treated? When does it return?
8. How does Sacks see the theme of 'what science leaves out' play into the chapter? What does he thinks this leaves out?
9. Who is the main character in this chapter? What is the main character's occupation and affliction?
10. What is Mrs. S condition? What is its cause? What are some of her symptoms?
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