Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.
(b) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(c) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(d) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

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

3. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?

4. What is the consistency of the brain?

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

(see the answer key)

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