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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 call "dethronements"?
(a) Shifts in thinking.
(b) Behaving as if one were royalty and then have the brain make them act differently.
(c) Believing in something and having it disproved.
(d) Shifts in theories from the particular to the all encompassing.

2. What does Chapter 4 explore?
(a) The ways our conscious thinking get us in trouble.
(b) How the conscious and unconscious minds can be complementary.
(c) The limits to our conscious thinking.
(d) The limits to our unconscious thinking.

3. What are two competing aspects of the brain which Eagleman mentions?
(a) Rational and irrational.
(b) Rational and psychological.
(c) Rational and emotional.
(d) Emotional and psychological.

4. What do newborns seem to recognize?
(a) Their existence as separate from others around them.
(b) The sound of their mothers' voices.
(c) The smell of their mothers.
(d) The feel of their mothers' skin.

5. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?
(a) The experiment is weighted unfairly.
(b) The experiment is set up poorly.
(c) A conflict between the unconscious and conscious minds.
(d) The person is undecided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gap does Eagleman explore?

2. What do our conscious minds remain unaware of in the analogy Eagleman offers?

3. How do some scientist define intelligence?

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

5. What problem does Eagleman describe in illustrating how the mind may be divided?

(see the answer key)

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