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

2. What does Eagleman say is difficult?
(a) Believing that our unconscious is so aware.
(b) Understanding and accepting that much of our minds is inaccessible to our conscious selves.
(c) Believing that our unconscious is so unaware.
(d) Knowing that we have very little true free will.

3. What is something the brain has to learn?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Making contacts among synapses.
(c) Moving electrical impulses.
(d) Seeing.

4. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A camera.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A video recorder.

5. What was discovered about Alex's health?
(a) He was schizophrenic.
(b) He had a brain tumor.
(c) He had a self-immune disorder.
(d) He was low on several minerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems natural to most people?

2. What was winning the battle for control of Whitman's behavior in Eagleman's analogy?

3. What had people noticed about Whitman in some months before his death?

4. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?

5. What are two examples of optical illusions?

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