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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Having the man sing.
(b) Using a mirror.
(c) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.
(d) Pulling on the tongue in question.

2. What is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Jello.
(b) Bread.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Milk.

3. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.
(b) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.
(c) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.
(d) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.

4. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?
(a) The ease at drawing a simple picture they are shown.
(b) How attractive they found women's faces in photographs they are shown.
(c) The ease at remembering names.
(d) How easy it is to solve a given problem.

5. What does the author call self-healing material?
(a) Bones.
(b) Internal organs.
(c) The skin.
(d) The brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?

2. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

3. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?

4. What does Alberts record?

5. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

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