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

2. What does the author call self-healing material?
(a) The brain.
(b) The skin.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Bones.

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

4. What does each brain cell send to other cells?
(a) Messages for interpretation.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Food.
(d) Electrical impulses.

5. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?
(a) How easy it is to solve a given problem.
(b) How attractive they found women's faces in photographs they are shown.
(c) The ease at remembering names.
(d) The ease at drawing a simple picture they are shown.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

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

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

4. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?

5. What is another type of brain cell?

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