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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 do newborns seem to recognize?
(a) The feel of their mothers' skin.
(b) Their existence as separate from others around them.
(c) The sound of their mothers' voices.
(d) The smell of their mothers.

2. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?
(a) That we should be working more towards gene manipulation.
(b) That no one is responsible for his/her choices.
(c) That those who have a genetic defect that affects their behavior should be more closely monitored.
(d) That every one must be absolutely accountable.

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

4. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?
(a) The full story.
(b) The way the images are bounced through the mind like light in a camera.
(c) The way the images are recorded as fact but much more exists that the video camera does not capture.
(d) The way the images fit together.

5. What happens to May after some time of having his sight back?
(a) He makes sense of the world in a different way than lifelong sighted people.
(b) He learns to make sense of the visual world.
(c) He never really adjusts and went to wearing a mask over his eyes.
(d) He learns to interpret the world around him except for objects in the distance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eagleman say we are at the mercy of?

3. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?

4. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?

5. At what age does Mike May lose his vision?

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