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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eagleman answer the question about whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) One part of his brain is racist and another part is not.
(b) The actor does not know himself if he is racist.
(c) The author does not say as that is not the point of his anecdote.
(d) The actor is definitely racist because one's true beliefs are hard to hide under the influence of alcohol.

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

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

4. What happens when a rat is presented with a similar dilemma as the one in question 129?
(a) It gnaws on its leg.
(b) It often runs around in a circle.
(c) It often lies down and dies.
(d) It is incapable of any action.

5. What is exceptional about the creature mentioned in question 89?
(a) They can smell the fleas on them.
(b) They can smell an odor on the air even after several days.
(c) They can sense a whole range of odors that human beings cannot sense.
(d) They can smell odors after weeks have passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say is difficult?

2. What does Eagleman say we cannot think?

3. How does May first react to his new sight?

4. What culture does this actor slander?

5. What did others say about the incident?

(see the answer key)

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