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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 does the novice sorter eventually do in order to become an expert sorter?
(a) Feel the difference in feather softness.
(b) Close their eyes and hear the difference.
(c) Internalize the task.
(d) Intuit the difference with their minds.

2. How does the author refer to the brain?
(a) As the guts of the individual life.
(b) As the mission control center.
(c) As five pounds of power.
(d) As the organ that works in tandem with the heart.

3. What does Eagleman say about the ways to measure how our unconscious minds affect our conscious thinking?
(a) It is impossible to measure such a thing.
(b) There are ways of measuring without even knowing one is doing so.
(c) Eagleman says he will not go into that idea.
(d) It is a hit and miss sort of thing.

4. What happens when one's brain changes?
(a) The person cannot change.
(b) The person changes.
(c) The person is no longer functional.
(d) The person can become a genius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are we actually unaware of?

2. What does Eagleman say about people who marry that is related to the idea of implicit egotism?

3. What does Alberts record?

4. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?

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

(see the answer key)

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