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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. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) A few milliseconds.
(b) We actually live slightly into the future.
(c) Sometimes up to a minute.
(d) A second or two.

2. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Believing what we see is real.
(c) Processing physical data.
(d) Seeing.

3. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Trillions of trillions.
(c) Hundreds of billions.
(d) Hundreds of trillions.

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) Someone who has cataracts removed.
(c) Everyone who is sighted can immediately discern depth and movement.
(d) Blind people who recover their sight.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are we actually unaware of?

3. How do the eyes of blind people who recover their sight work compared to persons who are sighted since birth?

4. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?

5. What indicates a state of sexual arousal in women?

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