View a FREE sample

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 often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) Whenever it has the energy to do so.
(b) At least daily.
(c) A few times an hour.
(d) Hundreds of times per second.

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

3. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A camera.
(c) A video recorder.
(d) A newspaper.

4. What does Alberts record?
(a) African music.
(b) The sounds of many bird species.
(c) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(d) The sounds of the lions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?

4. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?

5. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample