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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eagleman think is a good model for how the brain works?
(a) A theory called science of mentality.
(b) A theory called particulate mentality.
(c) A concept called society of mind.
(d) A concept call indiscriminate separation.

2. How does Eagleman compare the conscious mind to the senses in a human being?
(a) Senses do not have limits but the conscious mind does.
(b) Senses have limits but the conscious mind does not.
(c) Both have limits.
(d) Neither have limits.

3. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?
(a) People who move to a different culture.
(b) People who start wearing glasses.
(c) Blind people who recover their sight.
(d) People who have had an eye injured and do not see out of it for a while.

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

5. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?
(a) An unusual musical talent.
(b) A significant change in his television habits.
(c) An unusual mathematical talent.
(d) A significant change in his sexual preferences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eagleman answer the question about whether the actor is racist or not?

2. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

3. What is hard wired into our brains?

4. Why does Eagleman think people find the second puzzle easier to solve?

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

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