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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Mind: The Gap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?
(a) The car would go off the road.
(b) The circle would most likely turn out to be more elliptical.
(c) The square would be a rectangle.
(d) The car would flip over.

2. What does each brain cell send to other cells?
(a) Messages for interpretation.
(b) Electrical impulses.
(c) Food.
(d) Oxygen.

3. What does Eagleman say is the correct way to do this motion?
(a) Move first clockwise, then counterclockwise.
(b) Use a reference point to scribe the circle.
(c) Steer to the left, then straighten the wheel, then turn to the right.
(d) Steer to the right, then straighten the wheel, then turn to the left.

4. What does Eagleman say seeing is?
(a) An ability that is easy to mimic with computers.
(b) A skill that will someday be obsolete.
(c) An overrated skill.
(d) A complex series of lower and higher mental processes.

5. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.
(b) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(c) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(d) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems natural to most people?

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

3. What happens when one's brain changes?

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

5. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?

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