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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?
(a) Chicken sexers.
(b) They do not have a name.
(c) Chickeners.
(d) Sorters.

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. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?
(a) It is a well-established phenomenon.
(b) It is can wreck havoc on experiments with the unconscious mind.
(c) It is merely a theory that is impossible to prove.
(d) It is impossible to know how much of the egotism is conscious or unconscious.

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

5. What illustrations does Eagleman present to show the concept from question 44?
(a) Illustrations of the eye structure.
(b) Illustrations of how the eye can move too fast to be accurate.
(c) Illustrations of optical illusions.
(d) Illustrations of pictures within pictures.

6. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?
(a) The tendency for the ego to determine prejudice.
(b) The way the ego receives implied beliefs from the unconscious.
(c) The belief in psychology that the ego is not real.
(d) The tendency for most people to like themselves.

7. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A video recorder.
(c) A kaleidoscope.
(d) A camera.

8. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?
(a) The brain is so capable, it doesn't take much of it for any sensory input.
(b) Vision is a very simple process of mirrors and reflections.
(c) Vision is an extremely complex process.
(d) It can take place while easily freeing the brain for other matters.

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

10. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.
(b) Having the man sing.
(c) Pulling on the tongue in question.
(d) Using a mirror.

11. What was disorienting for May?
(a) The way colors affected the appearance of shapes.
(b) The way shapes affected the appearance of colors.
(c) The way steps seemed unattached to the earth.
(d) The sudden shift of objects in his visual field when he turned his head.

12. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?
(a) How easy it is to solve a given problem.
(b) How attractive they found women's faces in photographs they are shown.
(c) The ease at drawing a simple picture they are shown.
(d) The ease at remembering names.

13. What seems natural to most people?
(a) Processing physical data.
(b) Believing what we see is real.
(c) Seeing.
(d) Thinking.

14. How do sorters learn to do their job?
(a) By watching experts sort.
(b) By an expert sorter correcting a novice.
(c) By reading a how-to book.
(d) By studying videos of how to sort.

15. What does each human brain cell contain in its entirety?
(a) The human genome.
(b) A way to produce energy.
(c) A way to manufacture food.
(d) A way to process information.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

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

3. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?

4. What is another type of brain cell?

5. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?

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