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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 are we actually unaware of?
(a) Subtleties of change.
(b) The small nuances.
(c) What is happening in real time.
(d) What is happening.

2. What creature does Eagleman use as an example of one with an excellent sense of smell?
(a) Bloodhound.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Cat.
(d) Tiger.

3. What do newborns seem to recognize?
(a) The smell of their mothers.
(b) The sound of their mothers' voices.
(c) The feel of their mothers' skin.
(d) Their existence as separate from others around them.

4. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our senses.
(b) Our knowledge.
(c) Our intuition.
(d) Our previous experiences.

5. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?
(a) It is can wreck havoc on experiments with the unconscious mind.
(b) It is impossible to know how much of the egotism is conscious or unconscious.
(c) It is merely a theory that is impossible to prove.
(d) It is a well-established phenomenon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?

2. What question does Eagleman pose about the actor?

3. What does Eagleman say we cannot think?

4. What is something the brain has to learn?

5. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?

(see the answer key)

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