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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?

2. What is a visual phantom?

3. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?

4. After Dr. Sacks and Mr. P part ways, how much longer does Mr. P teach music?

5. What is the first man worried about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Christina's condition? Do scientists think it is a plausible cause?

2. What is strange about the period that Jimmie is stuck in from Dr. Sacks' perspective?

3. Who is the main character in this chapter? What is his affliction? What does he maintain despite his affliction?

4. How does Sacks see the relationship between memory and life? How does Sacks see the connection in Jimmie G.?

5. What is Mrs. B's condition? How does it affect her? Is she bothered by it?

6. To what degree does Sachs see himself as a novelist? And to what degree does he see himself as a scientist?

7. Which activities return the main character to normal? Why?

8. What is Mr. MacGregor's disorder? How does he discover it?

9. What is the main character's disorder? Which capacity does it diminish? Which capacity does it enhance?

10. Why does A. R. Luria advise Sacks to present case histories as stories? What aspect of his stories does Sacks focus on as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Parkinson's disease? How does it affect the brain? What are common treatments for the disease? How effective are they? What prospects are there for a cure. Please write a five-page essay on this topic, double spaced. Cite your sources.

Essay Topic 2

Research the neurological phenomenon that leads the man in Chapter Four to believe that his leg was not his own. What causes this neurological defect? And why can't the man recognize the leg is his own even when Dr. Sacks assures him of it? What should be done for the man? Should his leg be removed?

Essay Topic 3

Does Korsakov's disease destroy William's personality? Does he have a real personality at all? In what sense? Do you think there is a real William inside that the Korsakov's prevents from manifesting? Or do you think that the disease has destroyed him, personality and all?

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