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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 the correct way to do this motion?
(a) Steer to the left, then straighten the wheel, then turn to the right.
(b) Move first clockwise, then counterclockwise.
(c) Use a reference point to scribe the circle.
(d) Steer to the right, then straighten the wheel, then turn to the left.

2. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?
(a) Sorters.
(b) Chickeners.
(c) Chicken sexers.
(d) They do not have a name.

3. At what age does Mike May lose his vision?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. 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 pushes the person in one direction or another when it senses an obstacle.
(c) It uses a series of electrodes on the back that pulsed in different ways according to the person's proximity to objects.
(d) It beeps when its sensors notice an object in the person's path.

5. Why does Eagleman think people find the second puzzle easier to solve?
(a) They had practice with the first puzzle and it was in their unconscious.
(b) They were told the second puzzle was easier.
(c) Most people more easily process information framed it in a social context.
(d) They were told the first puzzle was easier.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?

2. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?

3. What does Eagleman say seeing is?

4. What assumption is at the core of the American legal system?

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

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