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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Sacks, what was "the only proper posture of the soul at this time" (Chapter Three, pg 113)?

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

4. What color did Head attribute to neurology?

5. Sacks was excited about buying books written by a man named Head. What was the author's first name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Sacks was being pressured to begin walking, what miracle occurred? How was this miracle the same thing he had been working toward since his accident?

Essay Topic 2

How does Sacks describe his first ten minutes of walking again (Chapter Five, pgs 123-24)? How did this return him to the moment of humanity? How does this compare to Donne's quote at the beginning of Chapter Two?

Essay Topic 3

What was Sacks's opinion of his leg while it was in the cast? Why did he have this opinion? Given what he says about his second injury some ten years later, how might he have changed this errant perception of his left leg in a cast?

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