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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Brain Is a Team of Rivals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Eagleman describe in illustrating how the mind may be divided?
(a) The problem of longitude.
(b) Counting recurring numbers without missing one.
(c) When developing the polygraph, how to distinguish between saying one thing and expressing something different with body language.
(d) An early problem in the development of artificial intelligence.

2. What is another type of brain cell?
(a) Leukocytes.
(b) Nephrons.
(c) Neutrophils.
(d) Glia.

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

4. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Brad Pitt.
(c) Mel Gibson.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.

5. What is the point of the exercise Eagleman has readers perform?
(a) To show that the eyes visualize one thing while the brain carries it out another way.
(b) To see how many will accept directions from a book.
(c) To show that scribing geometric forms without a point of reference is almost impossible.
(d) To understand the we do many things unconsciously that are difficult to recreate with the conscious mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the problem solved?

2. How do most people perform the motion on question number 62?

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

4. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?

5. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?

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