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

2. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?
(a) Sorters.
(b) Chickeners.
(c) Chicken sexers.
(d) They do not have a name.

3. At what age does Mike May lose his vision?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

4. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?
(a) As soon as the brain processes the sound of the ball's approach.
(b) As soon as the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(c) Before the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(d) The instant they hear the ball leave the pitcher's hand.

5. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.
(b) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(c) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(d) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. How complex is the human brain?

2. What does the author call self-healing material?

3. What indicates a state of sexual arousal in women?

4. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?

5. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?

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