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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What analogy does Sacks use to describe his left leg's failure during therapy?
(a) A city with deserted streets.
(b) A flat pasture with lazy cows.
(c) A cliff with an impossibly smooth face.
(d) A car with an empty gas tank.

3. When Nurse Solveig returned to take out Sacks's thermometer, what emotion did she convey?
(a) Rage.
(b) Pity.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Concern.

4. What time did Sacks hope to reach the mountain's summit?
(a) Eleven o'clock AM.
(b) Two o'clock PM.
(c) Noon.
(d) Nine o'clock AM.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After he fell, what story did Sacks recall the villagers telling him?

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

3. To what poor instrument did Sacks compare his injured leg?

4. Who wrote the book which was the model for Sacks's own book?

5. What book of the Bible does Sacks quote at the beginning of Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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