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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 was disorienting for May?
(a) The way colors affected the appearance of shapes.
(b) The way steps seemed unattached to the earth.
(c) The way shapes affected the appearance of colors.
(d) The sudden shift of objects in his visual field when he turned his head.

2. How is the problem solved?
(a) Using skin pads.
(b) Breaking the task into smaller routines.
(c) Making the recurring numbers bolder.
(d) Finding how latitude is divided first.

3. What do some brain scientists propose?
(a) That computers can mimic the brain in all ways except fine discrimination.
(b) That the brain is able to handle much larger routines than computers.
(c) That the brain is not as much like a computer as originally thought.
(d) That the brain may work on numerous smaller routines.

4. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Processing physical data.
(b) Believing what we see is real.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Seeing.

5. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Brad Pitt.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) Mel Gibson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proved difficult in programming robots?

2. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?

3. What has a role in how genetic tendencies might be expressed?

4. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?

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

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