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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the author describe parts of the brain?
(a) As self-configuring.
(b) As discrete units that can be individually programmed.
(c) As independent of each other.
(d) As radically different one from the other.

3. How complex is the human brain?
(a) Fairly simple.
(b) Almost unfathomably complex.
(c) Parts are simple and parts are somewhat complex.
(d) No one knows.

4. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?
(a) It is a way to tell if the participant is looking directly at the computer screen.
(b) The men were more attracted to women with dilated eyes.
(c) It is a measure of the light used.
(d) Dilated eyes have nothing to do with the experiment.

5. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A world of its own.
(b) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(c) Sophisticated machinery.
(d) A string of double helixes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when one's brain changes?

2. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

3. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?

4. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

5. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

(see the answer key)

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