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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 year does Sacks think Jimmie G's memory should have stopped?
(a) 1975
(b) 1965
(c) 1945
(d) 1955

2. What is the main character's primary affliction?
(a) Cannot see the right-side of her visual field
(b) Cannot remember who she is
(c) Cannot see whole personalities
(d) Cannot understand faces

3. What does Mr. P do to keep himself oriented?
(a) Sings to himself
(b) Asks for help
(c) Memorizes routines
(d) Follows his wife's instructions

4. How do the main character's nurses help him/her fix his/her disability?
(a) Recommending surgery.
(b) Putting medicine in the patient's IV.
(c) Giving the patient electroshock therapy.
(d) Putting a food tray out of reach.

5. What happens to him after he commits murder?
(a) He develops Cupid's Disease
(b) He gets amnesia
(c) He gets hit by a truck
(d) He loses a limb and develops phantom limb syndrome

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character's disorder involves a breakdown of cooperation between which three body systems?

2. Who is the main character of this chapter?

3. What does the main character lose when he loses his affliction?

4. What happens when the main character attempts to remove one of his body parts?

5. How long does Sacks cover the patient's condition without seeing recovery?

(see the answer key)

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