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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. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?
(a) A ball team.
(b) A city.
(c) A maze.
(d) A village.

2. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?
(a) A significant change in his television habits.
(b) An unusual musical talent.
(c) An unusual mathematical talent.
(d) A significant change in his sexual preferences.

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

4. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?
(a) Mostly the bands at either end.
(b) Most of it.
(c) Only a small portion.
(d) Mostly the middle 1/3.

5. What does Alberts record?
(a) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(b) African music.
(c) The sounds of many bird species.
(d) The sounds of the lions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?

2. What does Eagleton point out in the beginning of the chapter about our senses?

3. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

4. What does Chapter 4 explore?

5. What did some commentators say about the incident with the actor?

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