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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 does the author call self-healing material?
(a) The skin.
(b) The brain.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Bones.

2. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) To tape his last moments if he is dying.
(b) Because of his love of music.
(c) To tape his observations.
(d) Because of his love of gadgetry.

3. What happens to May after some time of having his sight back?
(a) He learns to make sense of the visual world.
(b) He learns to interpret the world around him except for objects in the distance.
(c) He makes sense of the world in a different way than lifelong sighted people.
(d) He never really adjusts and went to wearing a mask over his eyes.

4. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?
(a) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(b) A natural tendency to like ourselves.
(c) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(d) A natural tendency to like others.

5. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) Sometimes up to a minute.
(b) A second or two.
(c) A few milliseconds.
(d) We actually live slightly into the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What studies does Eagleman look at in this chapter?

2. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?

3. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?

4. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

5. What does Eagleman say is the correct way to do this motion?

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