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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Kinds of Thoughts That Are Thinkable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?
(a) When there is a repetitive task to learn that the unconscious can do efficently.
(b) When the conscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.
(c) When there is a complicated task to learn.
(d) When the unconscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.

2. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?
(a) Colors and numbers.
(b) Light and dark shapes.
(c) Shapes and numbers.
(d) Colors and shapes.

3. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?
(a) The car would flip over.
(b) The square would be a rectangle.
(c) The circle would most likely turn out to be more elliptical.
(d) The car would go off the road.

4. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) Just when something is out of the ordinary.
(b) That which impacts our safety.
(c) About ninety percent of what is actually there.
(d) About ten percent of what is actually there.

5. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) Sophisticated machinery.
(b) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(c) A string of double helixes.
(d) A world of its own.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far in the past do we actually "live"?

2. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?

3. What does Eagleman say we cannot think?

4. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?

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

(see the answer key)

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