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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter Eight, Eyes Right!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is a disorder where patients suddenly lose part of their memory back to a certain date or time period. What is it called?
(a) Postgrade Amensia
(b) Retrograde Amensia
(c) Short-term Amnesia
(d) Long-term Amnesia

2. The main character suffers a stroke and this affects which side of his/her brain?
(a) The Left
(b) The Right
(c) Neither
(d) Both

3. What does the main character do with this body part?
(a) Tries to cut it off
(b) Beats it until it is bruised
(c) Asks someone to amputate it
(d) Throws it out of bed

4. What is his problem with body?
(a) He believes that his face is someone else's.
(b) He believes that his leg is someone else's.
(c) He believes that his arm is someone else's.
(d) He believes that his hands are someone else's.

5. What is the main character's affliction?
(a) The patient has lost a limb but is unaware of it.
(b) The patient is paralyzed from the waist down but is unaware of it.
(c) The patient is stuck in 1955 in his mind but is unaware of it.
(d) The patient tilts to one side when walking but is unaware of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence scientists pay when they ignore the a patient's high cognitive function?

2. How many children does the main character have?

3. What percentage of individuals in the old folks home where the main character lives end up using his/her solution to his/her disorder?

4. Sacks sees himself as having what kind of personality?

5. Who is the neuroscientist Sacks receives advice from in Chapter 1?

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