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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. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.
(b) Having the man sing.
(c) Using a mirror.
(d) Pulling on the tongue in question.

2. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Seeing.
(c) Processing physical data.
(d) Believing what we see is real.

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

4. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?
(a) Everyone who is sighted can immediately discern depth and movement.
(b) Someone who closes the eyes for more than a few seconds and then opens them.
(c) Blind people who recover their sight.
(d) Someone who has cataracts removed.

5. How does Eagleman compare the conscious mind to the senses in a human being?
(a) Senses have limits but the conscious mind does not.
(b) Both have limits.
(c) Neither have limits.
(d) Senses do not have limits but the conscious mind does.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?

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

3. What is hard wired into our brains?

4. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

5. How does May first react to his new sight?

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