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

2. What does Eagleman say seeing is?
(a) A complex series of lower and higher mental processes.
(b) An overrated skill.
(c) An ability that is easy to mimic with computers.
(d) A skill that will someday be obsolete.

3. What illustrations does Eagleman present to show the concept from question 44?
(a) Illustrations of the eye structure.
(b) Illustrations of optical illusions.
(c) Illustrations of pictures within pictures.
(d) Illustrations of how the eye can move too fast to be accurate.

4. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?
(a) The processes have been compressed into headlines.
(b) They have been jumbled into split images.
(c) They have been compressed from novels to short stores.
(d) They have been compressed to dots.

5. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?
(a) The apparent convergence of the walls in the distance confuses him.
(b) They are no challenge since he remembers how to interpret them from when he used to see.
(c) The feeling of confinement with the walls so close bothers him.
(d) The way the floor and walls meet at angles is upsets his sense of balance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something the brain has to learn?

2. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?

3. What are two examples of optical illusions?

4. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?

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

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