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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How complex is the human brain?
(a) Parts are simple and parts are somewhat complex.
(b) Almost unfathomably complex.
(c) Fairly simple.
(d) No one knows.

3. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?
(a) As soon as the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(b) Before the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(c) As soon as the brain processes the sound of the ball's approach.
(d) The instant they hear the ball leave the pitcher's hand.

4. How does the author describe parts of the brain?
(a) As discrete units that can be individually programmed.
(b) As self-configuring.
(c) As radically different one from the other.
(d) As independent of each other.

5. By what are thoughts underpinned?
(a) Sound.
(b) Physical stuff.
(c) Electrical waves.
(d) Fluids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?

2. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

3. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?

4. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

5. What does each brain cell send to other cells?

(see the answer key)

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