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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. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?
(a) About half of the activity.
(b) Most of the activity.
(c) A small part.
(d) There is no way of judging that.

2. What does Alberts record?
(a) African music.
(b) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(c) The sounds of the lions.
(d) The sounds of many bird species.

3. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A world of its own.
(b) Sophisticated machinery.
(c) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(d) A string of double helixes.

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

5. 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) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(d) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe parts of the brain?

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

3. By what are thoughts underpinned?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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