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

2. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) To tape his observations.
(b) Because of his love of gadgetry.
(c) Because of his love of music.
(d) To tape his last moments if he is dying.

3. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?
(a) Erythrocytes.
(b) Nephrons.
(c) Neurons.
(d) Hepatic.

4. What was disorienting for May?
(a) The way colors affected the appearance of shapes.
(b) The way steps seemed unattached to the earth.
(c) The sudden shift of objects in his visual field when he turned his head.
(d) The way shapes affected the appearance of colors.

5. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?
(a) If our brain or eyes initiated the move.
(b) If the arm moved before or after we thought about moving it.
(c) The flurry of neural impulses that caused the arm to move.
(d) Why we moved the arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

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

3. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?

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

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

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