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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. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

2. What does each brain cell send to other cells?
(a) Messages for interpretation.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Electrical impulses.
(d) Food.

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

4. What does Alberts record?
(a) African music.
(b) The sounds of many bird species.
(c) The sounds of the lions.
(d) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.

5. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?
(a) The nervous system.
(b) The limbic system.
(c) The circulatory system.
(d) The heart and brain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?

3. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?

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

5. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?

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