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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 did an autopsy of Whitman find?
(a) He was on ten different types of medicins.
(b) He had a brain tumor.
(c) He was severely abused as a child.
(d) He was drunk when he died.

2. What does Eagleton think many sub-routines of our mind are doing?
(a) Complementing each other.
(b) Leading and following each other.
(c) Clashing with each other.
(d) Competing with each other.

3. What were men first shown briefly?
(a) Pictures of cars.
(b) Abstract figures.
(c) Colors lined up in various orders.
(d) Pictures of women.

4. What happens when a rat is presented with a similar dilemma as the one in question 129?
(a) It gnaws on its leg.
(b) It often runs around in a circle.
(c) It often lies down and dies.
(d) It is incapable of any action.

5. What do we perceive about the limits of our conscious knowledge?
(a) We know there are limits but don't always recognize when we've reached one.
(b) We do not know what the limits of our conscious knowledge is.
(c) We know there are no limits but we often act as if there are.
(d) Our conscious mind in its egoistic state does not believe there are limits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?

2. What is another way that demonstrates the power of the brain to define who we are?

3. What seems natural to most people?

4. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?

5. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?

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