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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Sacks when he discovered the beauty of the world through the Pythagorean theorem?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

3. What book does Sacks plan to write in the future?
(a) A book about patients who experienced the same body-ego alienation that he did.
(b) A book about his long-term recovery.
(c) A book about how this accident affected his personal relationships in the long run.
(d) A book about how this accident affected his medical practice.

4. 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) Climbing a ladder to the roof.
(d) Walking the edge of his second-story balcony.

5. How long did Sacks think about his injury before he began writing about it?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Luria use to describe the modern approach to peripheral disorders?

2. What word does Nietzsche use to describe the feeling that convalescence brings?

3. How has Sacks always liked to think of himself?

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

5. When the father and his son rescued Sacks, what had they been doing just a moment before?

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