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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Brain Is a Team of Rivals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the actor do after the incident?
(a) Wrote an apology and offered to repair the harm.
(b) Paid off the group that got the record removed.
(c) Denied it was about him.
(d) Defended his position.

2. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?
(a) A city.
(b) A village.
(c) A ball team.
(d) A maze.

3. What are two examples of optical illusions?
(a) The apparent motion of stationary images and the apparent change in size of images when their backgrounds are changed.
(b) A square being a rectangle.
(c) Red looking black.
(d) A round circle looking elliptical.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?

2. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?

3. By what are thoughts underpinned?

4. What indicates a state of sexual arousal in women?

5. What does Eagleman say seeing is?

(see the answer key)

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