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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 do most people perform the motion on question number 62?
(a) They turn the wheel slightly to the right, then straighten it out again.
(b) They go clockwise.
(c) They go counter-clockwise.
(d) They turn the wheel slightly to the left, then straighten it out again.

2. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?
(a) Being conscious of our actions.
(b) Other people's ideas of how something should be done.
(c) Other people's opinions.
(d) Our own tunnel vision.

3. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?
(a) A city.
(b) A village.
(c) A maze.
(d) A ball team.

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

5. How does the author describe parts of the brain?
(a) As radically different one from the other.
(b) As discrete units that can be individually programmed.
(c) As independent of each other.
(d) As self-configuring.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an action becomes automatic, what part of the brain is controlling it?

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

3. What gap does Eagleman explore?

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

5. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

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