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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. How does Eagleman answer the question about whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) The actor is definitely racist because one's true beliefs are hard to hide under the influence of alcohol.
(b) One part of his brain is racist and another part is not.
(c) The actor does not know himself if he is racist.
(d) The author does not say as that is not the point of his anecdote.

2. What does the amygdala regulate?
(a) Emotions such as aggression and fear.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Logical thought processes.
(d) Emotions such as love and joy.

3. What is hard wired into our brains?
(a) Only the survival instinct.
(b) Much of what motivates us and drives our behavior.
(c) Things such as breathing and digestion.
(d) Nothing is actually hard wired into our brains.

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

5. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?
(a) If we want to eat that piece of pie or not.
(b) If we want to commit a murder or not.
(c) Our genes or who raises us.
(d) If our environment has chemical hazards that could trigger bad behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman think is a good model for how the brain works?

2. What does an experiment that has people associate words such as "like" or "dislike" measure?

3. What was discovered about Alex's health?

4. What does Eagleman say about the ways to measure how our unconscious minds affect our conscious thinking?

5. How does the author refer to the brain?

(see the answer key)

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