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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. What does each brain cell send to other cells?
(a) Messages for interpretation.
(b) Food.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Electrical impulses.

2. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?
(a) People who have had an eye injured and do not see out of it for a while.
(b) Blind people who recover their sight.
(c) People who start wearing glasses.
(d) People who move to a different culture.

3. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) A few milliseconds.
(b) We actually live slightly into the future.
(c) A second or two.
(d) Sometimes up to a minute.

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

5. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?
(a) 32.
(b) 55.
(c) 46.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

2. What does the author call self-healing material?

3. What do most of us notice in the world around us?

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

5. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?

(see the answer key)

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