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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 did an autopsy of Whitman find?
(a) He had a brain tumor.
(b) He was drunk when he died.
(c) He was on ten different types of medicins.
(d) He was severely abused as a child.

2. What was disorienting for May?
(a) The way shapes affected the appearance of colors.
(b) The sudden shift of objects in his visual field when he turned his head.
(c) The way steps seemed unattached to the earth.
(d) The way colors affected the appearance of shapes.

3. What was winning the battle for control of Whitman's behavior in Eagleman's analogy?
(a) Logic versus emotions.
(b) Love versus hate.
(c) Religion versus science.
(d) Whitman's aggressive zombie programs.

4. What disease does Eagleman mention in support of his argument about free will?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Autism.
(c) Tourette's Syndrome.
(d) OCD.

5. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our intuition.
(b) Our previous experiences.
(c) Our knowledge.
(d) Our senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whitman indicate in some writings he left behind?

2. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

3. How does Eagleton support his statement about what is or is not hard wired into our brains?

4. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?

5. From what was Alex suffering at the time?

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