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

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

3. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?
(a) Most of the activity.
(b) About half of the activity.
(c) There is no way of judging that.
(d) A small part.

4. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?
(a) If we want to commit a murder or not.
(b) If we want to eat that piece of pie or not.
(c) Our genes or who raises us.
(d) If our environment has chemical hazards that could trigger bad behavior.

5. What does the novice sorter eventually do in order to become an expert sorter?
(a) Intuit the difference with their minds.
(b) Close their eyes and hear the difference.
(c) Feel the difference in feather softness.
(d) Internalize the task.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?

2. What gap does Eagleman explore?

3. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?

4. What is another type of brain cell?

5. How is what a person likes determined?

(see the answer key)

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