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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?
(a) To be attracted to voices.
(b) To understand what motivates our desires.
(c) To want to understand what motivates our desires.
(d) To be attracted to faces.

2. What does Eagleman think some people would have said about Whitman had he lived?
(a) He was totally responsible for his actions no matter what.
(b) He was not responsible for his actions.
(c) He was not wholly responsible nor wholly blameless for his actions.
(d) He was responsible for his actions because he should have sought medical help.

3. What is the significant fact in the two showings to the men?
(a) The men invariably chose the same in either situation.
(b) The men invariably chose differently in each situation.
(c) It has little to do with appearance, but more to do with the time they had to look at the pictures.
(d) The men seemed to randomly choose preferences no matter the amount of time exposed to the images.

4. How does May first react to his new sight?
(a) He is elated and awed.
(b) He is unable to make sense of what he sees.
(c) Since he had seen when he was younger, it was no big deal.
(d) He blinds himself again.

5. How does Eagleman then change the puzzle?
(a) He makes it about breeds of cats.
(b) He makes it about people and their occupations.
(c) He makes it about breeds of dogs.
(d) He makes it about people and their ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?

2. What creature does Eagleman use as an example of one with an excellent sense of smell?

3. What seems natural to most people?

4. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?

5. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?

(see the answer key)

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