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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. For what was the actor in #109 arrested in 2006?
(a) Bad acting.
(b) Tax evasion.
(c) Wife abuse.
(d) Driving while intoxicated.

2. What is the significant fact in the two showings to the men?
(a) The men seemed to randomly choose preferences no matter the amount of time exposed to the images.
(b) The men invariably chose differently in each situation.
(c) It has little to do with appearance, but more to do with the time they had to look at the pictures.
(d) The men invariably chose the same in either situation.

3. What question has been addressed by philosophers for ages?
(a) How much we should be accountable for our actions.
(b) Nature versus nurture.
(c) Which came first the genetic tendency or the action that stimulates the gene.
(d) Whether humans truly have free will.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?

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

3. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?

4. What is the most important part of seeing?

5. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?

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