Oliver Sacks Quiz

Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Oliver Sacks Quiz Questions

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1. When was Oliver Sacks born?
a) 4 February 1936
b) 2 April 1934
c) 9 July 1933
d) 30 December 1932

2. Where was Oliver Sacks born?
a) London
b) Bristol
c) Plymouth
d) Ipswich

3. Which college did Oliver Sacks attend?
a) King’s College
b) Queen’s College
c) St. Albert’s College
d) St. George’s College

4. Which Oliver Sacks book is about treatment of sleeping sickness?
a) Uncle Tungsten
b) Migraine
c) A Leg to Stand On
d) Awakenings

5. When did Oliver Sacks serve at Albert Einstein College of Medicine?
a) 1966-2007
b) 1958-1964
c) 2008-2012
d) 2012-2014

6. When was The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat published?
a) 1970
b) 1985
c) 1969
d) 1880

7. About whom is the title article of An Anthropologist on Mars?
a) Thomas William Shakespeare
b) Charles Bonnet
c) Mary Temple Grandin
d) Daniel Tammet

8. Which Oliver Sacks book was published in 1997?
a) Seeing Voices
b) The Mind’s Eye
c) Hallucinations
d) The Island of the Colorblind

9. When did Oliver Sacks die?
a) 28 January 2009
b) 18 June 2008
c) 30 August 2015
d) 12 November 2006

10. Where did Oliver Sacks die?
a) San Francisco
b) Georgetown
c) Lima
d) New York

Oliver Sacks Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Oliver Sacks born?
c) 9 July 1933

2. Where was Oliver Sacks born?
a) London

3. Which college did Oliver Sacks attend?
b) Queen’s College

4. Which Oliver Sacks book is about treatment of sleeping sickness?
d) Awakenings

5. When did Oliver Sacks serve at Albert Einstein College of Medicine?
a) 1966-2007

6. When was The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat published?
b) 1985

7. About whom is the title article of An Anthropologist on Mars?
c) Mary Temple Grandin

8. Which Oliver Sacks book was published in 1997?
d) The Island of the Colorblind

9. When did Oliver Sacks die?
c) 30 August 2015

10. Where did Oliver Sacks die?
d) New York

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