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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. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) A few times an hour.
(b) At least daily.
(c) Hundreds of times per second.
(d) Whenever it has the energy to do so.

2. How does Eagleton support his statement about what is or is not hard wired into our brains?
(a) He says he cannot support it since it is only theoretical.
(b) He says the reader must take his word on it.
(c) He has the reader do an experiement on their own mind.
(d) He provides several examples.

3. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?
(a) How easy it is to solve a given problem.
(b) How attractive they found women's faces in photographs they are shown.
(c) The ease at drawing a simple picture they are shown.
(d) The ease at remembering names.

4. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?
(a) A natural tendency to like others.
(b) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.
(c) A natural tendency to like ourselves.
(d) A natural tendency to dislike ourselves.

5. What happens when a rat is presented with a similar dilemma as the one in question 129?
(a) It is incapable of any action.
(b) It gnaws on its leg.
(c) It often runs around in a circle.
(d) It often lies down and dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call self-healing material?

2. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?

3. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?

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

5. What is the consistency of the brain?

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