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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. What problem does Eagleman describe in illustrating how the mind may be divided?
(a) When developing the polygraph, how to distinguish between saying one thing and expressing something different with body language.
(b) An early problem in the development of artificial intelligence.
(c) The problem of longitude.
(d) Counting recurring numbers without missing one.

2. What gap does Eagleman explore?
(a) Between what your brain knows and your mind is capable of accessing.
(b) Between what you want to see and what is actually there.
(c) Between what your eyes see and what your brain shows you.
(d) Between what your brain receives in impulses and what it can interpret.

3. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?
(a) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the left.
(b) A circular motion.
(c) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the right.
(d) Scribing a square in the air.

4. Who is Charles Whitman?
(a) A cook at University of Texas.
(b) A small-time criminal.
(c) A mass murderer.
(d) A Professor at University of San Francisco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?

2. What happens when a rat is presented with a similar dilemma as the one in question 129?

3. What disease does Eagleman mention in support of his argument about free will?

4. What does Eagleman think some people would have said about Whitman had he lived?

5. How old was Charles Whitman when he died?

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