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

2. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Jung.
(c) Ericksson.
(d) Freud.

3. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1949.

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

5. What do we perceive about the limits of our conscious knowledge?
(a) We know there are no limits but we often act as if there are.
(b) Our conscious mind in its egoistic state does not believe there are limits.
(c) We do not know what the limits of our conscious knowledge is.
(d) We know there are limits but don't always recognize when we've reached one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?

2. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

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

4. How does Eagleman compare the conscious mind to the senses in a human being?

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

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