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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Our vision can be fooled.
(c) Our sight can be inaccurate.
(d) Our sight can be erratic.

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

4. What does Eagleman say about the ways to measure how our unconscious minds affect our conscious thinking?
(a) It is impossible to measure such a thing.
(b) It is a hit and miss sort of thing.
(c) There are ways of measuring without even knowing one is doing so.
(d) Eagleman says he will not go into that idea.

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

6. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) Because of his love of gadgetry.
(b) To tape his observations.
(c) Because of his love of music.
(d) To tape his last moments if he is dying.

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

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

9. What does Alberts record?
(a) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(b) The sounds of the lions.
(c) African music.
(d) The sounds of many bird species.

10. What is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Jello.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Milk.
(d) Bread.

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

12. What does the novice sorter eventually do in order to become an expert sorter?
(a) Internalize the task.
(b) Intuit the difference with their minds.
(c) Feel the difference in feather softness.
(d) Close their eyes and hear the difference.

13. What is the most important part of seeing?
(a) How seeing stimulates the brain to be more productive.
(b) How one uses the information gained by sight.
(c) How seeing enables social interaction.
(d) What the unconscious brain does with the information.

14. 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) Optical illusions.
(d) Magic.

15. How do photographs of different races reveal something about the mind?
(a) Prejudice can be hidden in the unconscious.
(b) It shows how sight is both an unconscious and conscious action.
(c) The conscious mind might be prejudice but most will not acknowledge their feelings.
(d) It demonstrates how sight affects conscious choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do sorters learn to do their job?

2. What happens to May after some time of having his sight back?

3. How does one blind rock climber use a mechanical device to help climb?

4. What was disorienting for May?

5. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?

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