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

2. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.
(b) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(c) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.
(d) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?

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

4. By what are thoughts underpinned?

5. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?

(see the answer key)

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