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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Six, Phantoms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chapter covers a disorder where people who have lost limbs believe and feel that they are still there. What is this disorder called?
(a) Illusory Limb Syndrome
(b) Phantom Limb Disease
(c) Illusory Limb Disease
(d) Phantom Limb Syndrome

2. How does the main character's emotions change when he wakes up from his nap?
(a) Fearful and uneasy
(b) Agitated and angry
(c) Upbeat and joyful
(d) Calm and even tempered

3. How does the 'what science leaves out' theme play out in this chapter?
(a) Science ignores the ethical issues at stake.
(b) Science leaves out the personal experience of the patient.
(c) Science leaves out an account of higher cognitive faculties.
(d) Science pays no attention to the state of the soul in these matters.

4. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) Only Cerebral Palsy
(b) Neither Congenital Blindness nor Cerebral Palsy
(c) Congential Blindness and Cerebral Palsy
(d) Only Congenital Blindness

5. Which sort of memory does Jimmie G. lack?
(a) Semantic Memory
(b) Long-term Memory
(c) Tactile Memory
(d) Short-term Memory

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of his patients is Sacks concerned to communicate to his reader?

2. Why is the main character confused?

3. What year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?

4. Where does Sacks work at the time of this chapter?

5. What additional form of memory can people with Jimmie G.'s disorder lose?

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