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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. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our intuition.
(b) Our senses.
(c) Our knowledge.
(d) Our previous experiences.

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

3. How complex is the human brain?
(a) Almost unfathomably complex.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Parts are simple and parts are somewhat complex.
(d) Fairly simple.

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

5. 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 way to tell if the participant is looking directly at the computer screen.
(d) It is a measure of the light used.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?

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

5. How far in the past do we actually "live"?

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