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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?
(a) They have been compressed from novels to short stores.
(b) The processes have been compressed into headlines.
(c) They have been compressed to dots.
(d) They have been jumbled into split images.

3. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 100.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 10.
(d) 1,000.

4. What indicates a state of sexual arousal in women?
(a) Lack of focus.
(b) Closed eyes.
(c) It varies individual to individual.
(d) Dilated eyes.

5. When does the conscious mind actively train the unconscious mind?
(a) When there is a complicated task to learn.
(b) When the conscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.
(c) When the unconscious mind shows signs of dysfunction.
(d) When there is a repetitive task to learn that the unconscious can do efficently.

6. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?
(a) If the arm moved before or after we thought about moving it.
(b) The flurry of neural impulses that caused the arm to move.
(c) If our brain or eyes initiated the move.
(d) Why we moved the arm.

7. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) About ten percent of what is actually there.
(b) That which impacts our safety.
(c) About ninety percent of what is actually there.
(d) Just when something is out of the ordinary.

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

9. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?
(a) Third dimension painting.
(b) The hand is quicker than the eye.
(c) Magic.
(d) Optical illusions.

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

11. What does an experiment that has people associate words such as "like" or "dislike" measure?
(a) Preferences for certain flavors of ice cream
(b) Preferences for certain cars.
(c) Prejudicial feelings about people from certain countries.
(d) Prejudicial feelings about different reaces.

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

13. How does the author refer to the brain?
(a) As the mission control center.
(b) As the organ that works in tandem with the heart.
(c) As the guts of the individual life.
(d) As five pounds of power.

14. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?
(a) The device beeps in code to say where a usable crack is locate.
(b) The device latches onto cracks and crevices and the climber follows the rope.
(c) There is no such device developed yet; it is in prototype stage.
(d) The device transmits impulses through the climber's tongue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?

2. What do dilated eyes have to do with the experiment the author mentions?

3. How does the author describe parts of the brain?

4. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?

5. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

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