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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. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?
(a) It beeps when its sensors notice an object in the person's path.
(b) It uses a series of electrodes on the back that pulsed in different ways according to the person's proximity to objects.
(c) It pushes the person in one direction or another when it senses an obstacle.
(d) It gives a slight electrical shock to the person's arm where it is attached.

2. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?
(a) It is a measure of the light used.
(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) The men were more attracted to women with dilated eyes.

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

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

5. What does Eagleman say about people who marry that is related to the idea of implicit egotism?
(a) That one marries someone whose egotism reflects their own feelings about themselves.
(b) That people who possess little ego tend not to marry.
(c) That the number of people who marry people whose first names begin with the same letter as their own is statistically significant.
(d) That people who marry seem to suffer less from implicit egotism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?

2. How is what a person likes determined?

3. How does the author describe parts of the brain?

4. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

5. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?

(see the answer key)

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