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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

2. How do the eyes of blind people who recover their sight work compared to persons who are sighted since birth?
(a) The person who is sighted from birth can see better in low light.
(b) The eyes both work the same in both groups.
(c) The formerly blind person's eyes often do not work in tandem.
(d) The formerly blind person's eyes often only work in strong light.

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

4. What is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Jello.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

5. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our knowledge.
(b) Our intuition.
(c) Our previous experiences.
(d) Our senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what are thoughts underpinned?

2. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?

3. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?

4. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

5. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?

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