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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. By what are thoughts underpinned?
(a) Fluids.
(b) Sound.
(c) Electrical waves.
(d) Physical stuff.

2. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?
(a) The way the floor and walls meet at angles is upsets his sense of balance.
(b) The feeling of confinement with the walls so close bothers him.
(c) They are no challenge since he remembers how to interpret them from when he used to see.
(d) The apparent convergence of the walls in the distance confuses him.

3. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.
(b) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.
(c) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.
(d) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?

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

3. What seems natural to most people?

4. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?

5. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

(see the answer key)

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