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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a temporary cast was put on the leg, what dream did Sacks have?
(a) The leg was being squeezed in a vice.
(b) The leg was made of bricks and mortar.
(c) The leg was covered with a layer of steel.
(d) The leg was made of cloud vapor.

2. When moving out of his tiny hospital room, why did Sacks see the world as two-dimensional?
(a) His field of vision had shrunk.
(b) The denervation process had also affected his eyes.
(c) His vision reflected his changed thinking.
(d) The denervation process had affected only his left eye.

3. What is the title of Chapter One?
(a) The Mountain.
(b) The Beginning.
(c) The Fall.
(d) The Bull.

4. According to Kant, how does a man stand in relation to the world?
(a) In context of his unique personality.
(b) In the world's experience.
(c) In his own experience.
(d) In context of other people's experience.

5. Before Sacks's cast was taken off, what did he dream that it was filled with?
(a) Joy and concerto music.
(b) Air or rotting bones.
(c) A lacerated leg.
(d) Someone else's leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the set times and limits at the convalescent home important?

2. Why did Sacks refer to the doctor's visits as "odious" (Chapter Six, pg 159)?

3. When Sacks gave thanks for his health and recovery, what was most important about that action?

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

5. What question did Sacks want to ask the surgeon before surgery?

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