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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapter Nineteen, Murder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the agents that spread the main character's disorder?
(a) Spirochetes
(b) Antibodies
(c) Virii
(d) Bacteria

2. Why might the disorder mentioned in the chapter be a good thing?
(a) It produces a sense of euphoria by releasing chemicals in the brain.
(b) It makes patients happy through the illusion of having the lost limb.
(c) It helps patients to live longer.
(d) It helps patients integrate with artificial limbs.

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

4. What word does Dr. Sacks use to describe the way the main character feels?
(a) Dispeptic
(b) Disembodied
(c) Disoriented
(d) Depressed

5. The main character in this chapter controls her disorder by doing what?
(a) Dancing
(b) Intense Concentration
(c) Mimicing other people's actions
(d) Medicine

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the main character seem when Sacks meets him?

2. Most neuroscientists thought that most neurological disorders were caused by damage to what part of the brain?

3. The chapter covers a disorder where people who have lost limbs believe and feel that they are still there. What is this disorder called?

4. How is the main character affected by Reagan's speech?

5. What is the main character's affliction?

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