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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date when Sacks climbed the mountain?
(a) The 23rd.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 24th.
(d) The 7th.

2. Why did Sacks sit looking out the window for hours on end?
(a) He was starved to look at anything green.
(b) He was eager to see other people.
(c) He was tired of his hospital room.
(d) He was realizing how cut off from life he was.

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

4. What was the first exercise that Sacks tried to do with the physiotherapist?
(a) Bend his knee.
(b) Tense up his quadriceps.
(c) Lift his leg.
(d) Swing his leg to the left.

5. What was the name of the surgeon who performed Sacks's knee surgery?
(a) Sleeks.
(b) Swan.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Sacks written the book A Leg to Stand On?

2. What was the occasion for this book?

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

4. Previous to his accident, how did Sacks think things were accomplished in the world?

5. What was the primary reason that Sacks and his friends celebrated the evening after his surgery?

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