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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?
(a) 46.
(b) 55.
(c) 23.
(d) 32.

2. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?
(a) Ericksson.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jung.
(d) Freud.

3. What is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Milk.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Jello.
(d) Bread.

4. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?
(a) Someone who closes the eyes for more than a few seconds and then opens them.
(b) Blind people who recover their sight.
(c) Someone who has cataracts removed.
(d) Everyone who is sighted can immediately discern depth and movement.

5. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?
(a) It is a means of giving a computer "sight."
(b) It enables the brain to see without eyes.
(c) There is no such machine.
(d) It demonstrates the mechanics of sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?

2. What happens to May after some time of having his sight back?

3. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?

4. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?

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

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