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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one person the author mentions as understanding the arrangement between the conscious and unconscious mind?
(a) Freud.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Ericksson.
(d) Jung.

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

3. How does May first react to his new sight?
(a) He is elated and awed.
(b) He blinds himself again.
(c) Since he had seen when he was younger, it was no big deal.
(d) He is unable to make sense of what he sees.

4. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?
(a) Only two mentioned that they thought women's eyes were sexier dilated.
(b) They had various reasons but none mentioned dilated eyes.
(c) The men were not asked why they chose the pictures.
(d) All the men mentioned the dilated eyes.

5. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?
(a) The instant they hear the ball leave the pitcher's hand.
(b) As soon as the brain processes the sound of the ball's approach.
(c) Before the brain has time to visually process the ball.
(d) As soon as the brain has time to visually process the ball.

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

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

8. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) At least daily.
(b) A few times an hour.
(c) Whenever it has the energy to do so.
(d) Hundreds of times per second.

9. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?
(a) The way the floor and walls meet at angles is upsets his sense of balance.
(b) The feeling of confinement with the walls so close bothers him.
(c) The apparent convergence of the walls in the distance confuses him.
(d) They are no challenge since he remembers how to interpret them from when he used to see.

10. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?
(a) Study the task carefully and then consciously decide which part of the brain would be best to perform the task.
(b) To consciously send the task to the unconscious mind to learn and then teach the conscious mind.
(c) To take the task apart and consciously learn it in steps.
(d) Let the unconscious mind perform the task.

11. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our knowledge.
(b) Our senses.
(c) Our intuition.
(d) Our previous experiences.

12. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A world of its own.
(b) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(c) Sophisticated machinery.
(d) A string of double helixes.

13. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?
(a) Scribing a square in the air.
(b) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the right.
(c) A circular motion.
(d) That of the steering wheel of a car when changing lanes to the left.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when one's brain changes?

2. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

3. What does Eagleman claim most people possess?

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

5. How complex is the human brain?

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