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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two sounds was Sacks caught between?
(a) The silence of hell and the cry of man.
(b) The song of the earth and the silence of man.
(c) The tune of man and the din of hell.
(d) The tunelessness of man and the melody of woman.

2. The day that Sacks moved out of his first hospital room, how far did he walk?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) He could not walk at all.
(c) Three blocks.
(d) A mile.

3. As the Sister took the stitches out of Sacks's leg, what did he think?
(a) That she was fiddling around.
(b) That she was not being gentle.
(c) That she was being gentle but the procedure still hurt.
(d) That he could not wait to go hiking again.

4. Once the cast was removed, Sacks gingerly touched his leg. How did it feel?
(a) Like pudding.
(b) Like marble.
(c) Like wax.
(d) Like flesh.

5. Why was it so difficult for Sacks to take the first step?
(a) He could not get his sense of balance.
(b) His feet felt too heavy to lift.
(c) He felt that the physiotherapists were pressuring him.
(d) He had forgotten how to walk.

6. While in limbo, what feeling did Sacks have to allow, which he first found humiliating?
(a) Inerrancy.
(b) Inadequacy.
(c) Activity.
(d) Passivity.

7. For people with hemi-inattention, what does "anosognosis" mean?
(a) Unawareness of their physical bodies.
(b) Unawareness that they are neglecting one half of their bodies.
(c) Inability to communicate physical distress.
(d) Inability to communicate language confusion.

8. Why could Head not explain the poetry of music and movement the way he felt it?
(a) He had a limited capacity for expressing himself to others.
(b) He did not feel music and movement very deeply.
(c) He could only explain the poetry in scientific terms.
(d) He was essentially a scientist.

9. Once he began walking again, what time had arrived for Sacks?
(a) The time for community.
(b) The time for great changes.
(c) The time for thinking.
(d) The time for doing.

10. According to Head, when dealing with body alienation, what is of "fundamental importance" (Chapter Seven, pg 200)?
(a) An understanding of the factors involved in recovery.
(b) A thorough understanding of the emotions involved.
(c) A clear chronology.
(d) A detailed description of the medical circumstances.

11. What did Sacks hope to accomplish by reading Head's books?
(a) Learn the emotional intricacies of body alienation.
(b) Receive illumination about his experiences.
(c) Understand how to prevent body alienation in the future.
(d) Divert his thinking from his own past.

12. At what moment did Sacks's leg "return" to his body?
(a) When he remembered the rhythm of hiking up the mountain.
(b) When he had taken several steps.
(c) When he walked and felt sensation in it.
(d) When he heard Mendelssohn's music in his head.

13. What vital change in the world happened once Sacks moved out of his first hospital room?
(a) He reinforced his individuality.
(b) He became part of a community again.
(c) He was intimidated by the vastness of the world.
(d) He felt distant from the other patients though he had expected to feel closer.

14. Why was it difficult for Sacks to proceed through the land of limbo?
(a) There was no map or chart.
(b) There was no God figure present.
(c) He had no music.
(d) He had no traveling companions.

15. What was the name of the convalescent home where Sacks recovered?
(a) Kenwood.
(b) Kenmoore.
(c) Hampstead Heath.
(d) Hampstead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Sacks have for listening to music?

2. What problem did Sacks find with Leontev and Zaporozhet's book?

3. As Sacks returned to his room, what was the weather like?

4. On one particular September morning, why did Sacks deeply enjoy lighting his pipe?

5. Why was Sacks sent to a convalescent home before going home?

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