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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. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1989.

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

3. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?
(a) The experiment is set up poorly.
(b) A conflict between the unconscious and conscious minds.
(c) The person is undecided.
(d) The experiment is weighted unfairly.

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

5. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?
(a) It can take place while easily freeing the brain for other matters.
(b) Vision is an extremely complex process.
(c) The brain is so capable, it doesn't take much of it for any sensory input.
(d) Vision is a very simple process of mirrors and reflections.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

2. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

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

4. What is exceptional about the creature mentioned in question 89?

5. What are we actually unaware of?

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