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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 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.

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

3. How does the author describe parts of the brain?
(a) As discrete units that can be individually programmed.
(b) As self-configuring.
(c) As radically different one from the other.
(d) As independent of each other.

4. How do most people perform the motion on question number 62?
(a) They turn the wheel slightly to the right, then straighten it out again.
(b) They turn the wheel slightly to the left, then straighten it out again.
(c) They go counter-clockwise.
(d) They go clockwise.

5. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?
(a) The language of individual, specialized cells.
(b) Our emotional world.
(c) Our own programming language.
(d) Our means of connecting the brain to the heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?

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

3. What does each human brain cell contain in its entirety?

4. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?

5. What is the point of the exercise Eagleman has readers perform?

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