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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface and Acknowledgements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has written about the "occasions of poetry" (pg 9)?
(a) Admiral Nelson.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Thomas Gunn.
(d) William Shakespeare.

2. What was Sacks doing when he was finally able to piece together his thoughts?
(a) Riding a train from Boston to New York.
(b) Riding in a car from Annapolis to New York.
(c) Driving from Washington, D.C. to Boston.
(d) Riding a train from Philadelphia to New York.

3. What book does Sacks model his own book after?
(a) The Man with the Shattered Arm.
(b) The Man with the Shattered World.
(c) The Woman with the Shattered Dreams.
(d) The Man in the Shattered Hope.

4. In what publication did Sacks's first article about his injury appear?
(a) London Review of Books.
(b) Atlantic Monthly.
(c) New York Times Book Review.
(d) New York Times.

5. Why did Sacks write to A. R. Luria?
(a) He was not getting satisfactory answers from his own doctor.
(b) He wanted reassurance about writing his book.
(c) Luria was the leading neuropsychologist in the United States.
(d) Luria was a close family friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inspired and encouraged Sacks to finish his book?

2. Where did Sacks's accident occur?

3. What was Luria's response to Sacks's story?

4. What did Sacks find astonishing about his wound?

5. To what did Sacks's various thoughts and themes eventually lead in the end?

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