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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. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1949.

2. What gap does Eagleman explore?
(a) Between what your eyes see and what your brain shows you.
(b) Between what your brain receives in impulses and what it can interpret.
(c) Between what your brain knows and your mind is capable of accessing.
(d) Between what you want to see and what is actually there.

3. How does Eagleman answer the question about whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) One part of his brain is racist and another part is not.
(b) The author does not say as that is not the point of his anecdote.
(c) The actor is definitely racist because one's true beliefs are hard to hide under the influence of alcohol.
(d) The actor does not know himself if he is racist.

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

5. How does May first react to his new sight?
(a) Since he had seen when he was younger, it was no big deal.
(b) He is elated and awed.
(c) He blinds himself again.
(d) He is unable to make sense of what he sees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proved difficult in programming robots?

2. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?

3. What does Eagleman say is difficult?

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

5. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?

(see the answer key)

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