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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the public reaction to Sacks's first article about his leg?
(a) He does not say.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Indignation.
(d) Indifference.

2. How did Sacks descend the mountain?
(a) By "rowing" with his arms.
(b) By rolling and sliding.
(c) By hobbling on his right leg.
(d) By crawling.

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

4. What was the occasion for this book?
(a) An accident with expected effects.
(b) The study of an unusual patient.
(c) An accident with peculiar effects.
(d) Reading a book about an unusual patient.

5. When did Sacks write the preface to the book?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Sacks wait before villagers carried him to the hospital?

2. How is the material in the last chapter presented?

3. How did Sacks meet the bull?

4. As Sacks notes at the beginning of the Acknowledgments, what has he done since his injury?

5. Why was Sacks grateful to Dr. Henry Fleck?

(see the answer key)

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