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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. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?
(a) Magic.
(b) The hand is quicker than the eye.
(c) Optical illusions.
(d) Third dimension painting.

2. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?
(a) They are no challenge since he remembers how to interpret them from when he used to see.
(b) The apparent convergence of the walls in the distance confuses him.
(c) The feeling of confinement with the walls so close bothers him.
(d) The way the floor and walls meet at angles is upsets his sense of balance.

3. 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.

4. When an action becomes automatic, what part of the brain is controlling it?
(a) The unconscious mind.
(b) The conscious mind.
(c) It depends upon what the action entails.
(d) The superconscious mind.

5. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?
(a) The circulatory system.
(b) The heart and brain.
(c) The nervous system.
(d) The limbic system.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do photographs of different races reveal something about the mind?

2. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?

3. What does Eagleman say is difficult?

4. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?

5. How does Eagleman compare thinking with seeing?

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