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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 can insects do that human beings cannot do?
(a) They can see both sound and light.
(b) Insects can see wavelengths we cannot see.
(c) They can hear light as well as see it.
(d) They can see the entire spectrum of light.

2. What was one routine in charge of?
(a) Spotting the numbers.
(b) Finding the block.
(c) Recording moisture readings.
(d) Writing down each degree of latitude.

3. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Brad Pitt.
(b) Jimmy Stewart.
(c) Mel Gibson.
(d) John Wayne.

4. How does Eagleman compare thinking with seeing?
(a) Both involve the same area of the left brain.
(b) Both involve the right brain.
(c) There are thoughts that we cannot think, just as there are wavelengths of light we cannot see.
(d) Neither are infallible.

5. What does Eagleman say about the ability to sort?
(a) It is related to the ability to draw.
(b) It eventually becomes automatic and becomes an unconscious process.
(c) It is related to the ability to reason abstractly.
(d) You either have the ability at the very beginning or you can never learn it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 4 explore?

2. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?

3. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

4. What studies does Eagleman look at in this chapter?

5. How does the author refer to the brain?

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