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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 Life After the Monarchy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?
(a) If we want to eat that piece of pie or not.
(b) If our environment has chemical hazards that could trigger bad behavior.
(c) Our genes or who raises us.
(d) If we want to commit a murder or not.

2. What are two examples of optical illusions?
(a) A square being a rectangle.
(b) The apparent motion of stationary images and the apparent change in size of images when their backgrounds are changed.
(c) Red looking black.
(d) A round circle looking elliptical.

3. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) We actually live slightly into the future.
(b) A second or two.
(c) Sometimes up to a minute.
(d) A few milliseconds.

4. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?
(a) The way the images fit together.
(b) The way the images are bounced through the mind like light in a camera.
(c) The full story.
(d) The way the images are recorded as fact but much more exists that the video camera does not capture.

5. What had people noticed about Whitman in some months before his death?
(a) He seemed to feel much despair.
(b) He seemed full of hope.
(c) He seemed the same as always.
(d) His behavior had changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do sorters learn to do their job?

2. What does Eagleman say we cannot think?

3. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?

4. What does each brain cell send to other cells?

5. What do most of us notice in the world around us?

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