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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. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?
(a) Magic.
(b) Third dimension painting.
(c) The hand is quicker than the eye.
(d) Optical illusions.

2. What happens when one's brain changes?
(a) The person changes.
(b) The person can become a genius.
(c) The person is no longer functional.
(d) The person cannot change.

3. What illustrations does Eagleman present to show the concept from question 44?
(a) Illustrations of the eye structure.
(b) Illustrations of how the eye can move too fast to be accurate.
(c) Illustrations of optical illusions.
(d) Illustrations of pictures within pictures.

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

5. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.
(b) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.
(c) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.
(d) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?

2. At what age does Mike May lose his vision?

3. By what are thoughts underpinned?

4. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?

5. What seems natural to most people?

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