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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 each human brain cell contain in its entirety?
(a) The human genome.
(b) A way to produce energy.
(c) A way to process information.
(d) A way to manufacture food.

2. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?
(a) To take the task apart and consciously learn it in steps.
(b) Study the task carefully and then consciously decide which part of the brain would be best to perform the task.
(c) Let the unconscious mind perform the task.
(d) To consciously send the task to the unconscious mind to learn and then teach the conscious mind.

3. What was winning the battle for control of Whitman's behavior in Eagleman's analogy?
(a) Love versus hate.
(b) Logic versus emotions.
(c) Whitman's aggressive zombie programs.
(d) Religion versus science.

4. What were men then shown for a longer period of time?
(a) Pictures of cars with women beside them.
(b) Colors splashed randomly on the paper.
(c) The same pictures of the women.
(d) Pictures of abstract figures that resembled the female figure.

5. How do some scientist define intelligence?
(a) Many small actions that can be performed without conscious thinking coming together.
(b) The ability to mix emotion with thought.
(c) The ability to make very fine distinctions.
(d) The ability to think more than a couple steps ahead of a task.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?

2. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?

3. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

4. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?

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

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