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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Sixteen, Incontinent Nostalgia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character's condition is caused by polyneuritis, which is:
(a) Damaging of the sensory roots of the nerves attached to skin
(b) Damaging of the sensory roots of the spinal and cranial nerves
(c) Damaging of the pain centers of the nerves attached to skin
(d) Damaging of the pain centers of the spinal and cranial nerves

2. What is the main character's disorder?
(a) Transcendence
(b) Agnosia
(c) Reminiscence
(d) Aphasia

3. To what extent does the main character recognize his disorder?
(a) Only at certain times
(b) Only when he is willing to face the truth
(c) Not at all
(d) All the time

4. How old is the main character?
(a) Ninety-Three
(b) Ninety
(c) Eighty-Three
(d) Seventy-Three

5. What are the effects of the main character's affliction?
(a) Inability to attend to his right side.
(b) Inability to identify others
(c) Inability to identify himself
(d) Inability to comprehend language

Short Answer Questions

1. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?

2. The main character's affliction causes her to feel how?

3. What was the main character's previous occupation?

4. The main character has a dream that foreshadows her condition? What is the dream about?

5. Why would the disorder described in the chapter be a bad thing?

(see the answer key)

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