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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. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1949.

2. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?
(a) The language of individual, specialized cells.
(b) Our own programming language.
(c) Our emotional world.
(d) Our means of connecting the brain to the heart.

3. What is another type of brain cell?
(a) Neutrophils.
(b) Leukocytes.
(c) Nephrons.
(d) Glia.

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

5. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call self-healing material?

2. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?

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

4. What does each human brain cell contain in its entirety?

5. What does Alberts record?

(see the answer key)

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