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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the main character's symptoms progress?
(a) They become more frequent and she becomes lost in them
(b) They lengthen in time but do not become more frequent
(c) They shorten in time but do not become more frequent
(d) They become less frequent and she recovers

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

3. What is the main character's main emotion?
(a) Frustration
(b) Jovialness
(c) Confusion
(d) Despondency

4. Who is the main character of this chapter?
(a) Miguel
(b) Stephen D.
(c) Witty Ticcy Ray
(d) Jimmie G.

5. How long does this affliction last?
(a) Three Years
(b) Three Days
(c) Three Months
(d) Three Weeks

6. Are patients with the main character's disorder aware of their problem?
(a) No
(b) It's not clear
(c) Sometimes
(d) Yes

7. The main character's treatment causes her to enjoy what?
(a) Church Services
(b) Charity
(c) Smutty Stories
(d) Romantic Movies

8. The first main character discussed in detail exhibits what symptom?
(a) She wakes up in the middle of the night hearing songs from her childhood
(b) She finds herself trapped within memories of being in Ireland from time to time
(c) She is temporarily transported back to events from her teenage years each week
(d) She loses her sense of time and space

9. How do people on the street react to the main character?
(a) They react out of compassion for her disorder
(b) They are frightened and quickly run away
(c) They believe she is mocking them
(d) They scream and yell at her

10. The main character responds to treatment by first regaining what?
(a) Neither One
(b) Speech
(c) Psychomotor Functioning
(d) Speech and Psychomotor Functioning

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

12. Who are the two twins in the chapter?
(a) Michael and Ray
(b) Jimmy and John
(c) Ray and John
(d) John and Michael

13. How many characters does the main character identify himself as in front of Dr. Sacks?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

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

15. The second main character in the chapter hears what over and over again?
(a) Some old rock tunes from her youth
(b) Three hymns that she knows
(c) A discussion with her father about her mother's death
(d) Some conversations she remembers from her childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the main character confabulate?

2. What is the main character's occupation?

3. How does the main character describe what is happening to her?

4. What is the main character's affliction?

5. When does the main character live?

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