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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 say is difficult?
(a) Knowing that we have very little true free will.
(b) Believing that our unconscious is so aware.
(c) Believing that our unconscious is so unaware.
(d) Understanding and accepting that much of our minds is inaccessible to our conscious selves.

2. What does the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?
(a) We want to think of ourselves and others as being one way or another.
(b) We are always ready to excuse celetrity behavior.
(c) We are always ready to judge and condemn.
(d) We want to excuse others so we can excuse ourselves.

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

4. What does Eagleman say seeing is?
(a) A complex series of lower and higher mental processes.
(b) An overrated skill.
(c) An ability that is easy to mimic with computers.
(d) A skill that will someday be obsolete.

5. How does one device "show" a blind person his/her proximity to objects?
(a) It gives a slight electrical shock to the person's arm where it is attached.
(b) It beeps when its sensors notice an object in the person's path.
(c) It pushes the person in one direction or another when it senses an obstacle.
(d) It uses a series of electrodes on the back that pulsed in different ways according to the person's proximity to objects.

Short Answer Questions

1. When an action becomes automatic, what part of the brain is controlling it?

2. What is the significant fact in the two showings to the men?

3. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?

4. What does Eagleton point out in the beginning of the chapter about our senses?

5. What happens when one's brain changes?

(see the answer key)

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