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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the disorder discussed in the chapter named by Sacks?
(a) Dissolution
(b) Reminiscences
(c) Transcendence
(d) Disintegration

2. What is the twins' special ability?
(a) Guess Age
(b) Calculate day of the week at past or future times
(c) Do complicated math problems
(d) Immediately rhyme any word mentioned

3. Why does the main character confabulate?
(a) He cannot understand what people say
(b) He cannot remember his own life story
(c) He cannot perceive his right leg
(d) He cannot figure out who others are

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does the main character take up later in life?

2. What disorder does the main character have?

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

4. Who is the main character of this chapter?

5. Are patients with the main character's disorder aware of their problem?

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