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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sacks think of when he remembers the Biblical words, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time or die; a time . . ." (pg 26)?
(a) The futility of life.
(b) The waste of good health and energy.
(c) His patients who were prepared for death.
(d) His wife's untimely death.

2. What escapade did Sacks try to pull during his last night in the hospital?
(a) Asking the night nurse out for a drink.
(b) Walking around the grounds unattended.
(c) Walking the edge of his second-story balcony.
(d) Climbing a ladder to the roof.

3. What emotion did Sacks see several times on the unguarded face of the physiotherapist?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Revulsion.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Pain.

4. What was the main injury that Sacks was able to identify?
(a) The leg was becoming horribly discolored.
(b) His femur was broken.
(c) The quadriceps was paralyzed.
(d) An artery was torn.

5. What word does Sacks use most to describe the bull?
(a) Hideous.
(b) Vicious.
(c) Strong.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. After realizing that he was the victim of the fall, what did Sacks do?

2. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?

3. What was the primary reason that Sacks decided not to yell a second time?

4. What question did Sacks want to ask the surgeon before surgery?

5. Sacks had written to Luria explaining his accident and the subsequent alienation he felt. What was Luria's response?

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