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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. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Seeing.
(b) Processing physical data.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Believing what we see is real.

2. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(b) Sophisticated machinery.
(c) A world of its own.
(d) A string of double helixes.

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

4. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?
(a) Our sight can be inaccurate.
(b) Our vision can be fooled.
(c) Our sight can be erratic.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?
(a) Someone who has cataracts removed.
(b) Someone who closes the eyes for more than a few seconds and then opens them.
(c) Everyone who is sighted can immediately discern depth and movement.
(d) Blind people who recover their sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?

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

3. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

4. What is something the brain has to learn?

5. What was disorienting for May?

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