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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 is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Bread.
(b) Milk.
(c) Jello.
(d) Peanut butter.

2. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?
(a) The way the ego receives implied beliefs from the unconscious.
(b) The tendency for most people to like themselves.
(c) The tendency for the ego to determine prejudice.
(d) The belief in psychology that the ego is not real.

3. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(b) Sophisticated machinery.
(c) A string of double helixes.
(d) A world of its own.

4. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?
(a) Our sight can be erratic.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Our sight can be inaccurate.
(d) Our vision can be fooled.

5. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?
(a) The experiment is set up poorly.
(b) A conflict between the unconscious and conscious minds.
(c) The experiment is weighted unfairly.
(d) The person is undecided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to May after some time of having his sight back?

2. How do photographs of different races reveal something about the mind?

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

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

5. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?

(see the answer key)

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