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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 the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?
(a) We want to think of ourselves and others as being one way or another.
(b) We are always ready to excuse celetrity behavior.
(c) We want to excuse others so we can excuse ourselves.
(d) We are always ready to judge and condemn.

2. What creature does Eagleman use as an example of one with an excellent sense of smell?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Cat.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Bloodhound.

3. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) About ninety percent of what is actually there.
(b) Just when something is out of the ordinary.
(c) About ten percent of what is actually there.
(d) That which impacts our safety.

4. From what does Eagleman say our ultimate behavior springs?
(a) As a result of the biological balance within our brain.
(b) As a result of values taught to us at a young age.
(c) As a result of our individual intelligence.
(d) As a result of the physical and emotional working in conjunction with each other.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the incident take place that Eagleman describe from 1966?

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

3. What was one routine in charge of?

4. What did Whitman indicate in some writings he left behind?

5. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?

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