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

2. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?
(a) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the right.
(b) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the left.
(c) A circular motion.
(d) Scribing a square in the air.

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

4. At what do babies tend to look?
(a) Hands.
(b) The heart are where the sound of the heart beat is.
(c) Faces.
(d) Their own hands.

5. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?
(a) The nervous system.
(b) The circulatory system.
(c) The limbic system.
(d) The heart and brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what are thoughts underpinned?

2. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

3. What are two examples of optical illusions?

4. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?

5. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?

(see the answer key)

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