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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Kinds of Thoughts That Are Thinkable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eagleman think people find the second puzzle easier to solve?
(a) They were told the second puzzle was easier.
(b) They had practice with the first puzzle and it was in their unconscious.
(c) They were told the first puzzle was easier.
(d) Most people more easily process information framed it in a social context.

2. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?
(a) Our own tunnel vision.
(b) Other people's opinions.
(c) Other people's ideas of how something should be done.
(d) Being conscious of our actions.

3. What were men first shown briefly?
(a) Abstract figures.
(b) Colors lined up in various orders.
(c) Pictures of women.
(d) Pictures of cars.

4. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?
(a) Hundreds of billions.
(b) Trillions of trillions.
(c) Hundreds of trillions.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

5. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 10.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?

2. How far in the past do we actually "live"?

3. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?

4. What does each human brain cell contain in its entirety?

5. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?

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