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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were men then shown for a longer period of time?
(a) Pictures of cars with women beside them.
(b) Pictures of abstract figures that resembled the female figure.
(c) Colors splashed randomly on the paper.
(d) The same pictures of the women.

2. What question has been addressed by philosophers for ages?
(a) Which came first the genetic tendency or the action that stimulates the gene.
(b) How much we should be accountable for our actions.
(c) Whether humans truly have free will.
(d) Nature versus nurture.

3. What studies does Eagleman look at in this chapter?
(a) Studies about how one distinguishes one smell from another.
(b) Studies about how one distinguishes one taste from another.
(c) Studies about how the brain processes input.
(d) Studies that look at what people seem to find attractive in others.

4. What was discovered about Alex's health?
(a) He was schizophrenic.
(b) He had a self-immune disorder.
(c) He had a brain tumor.
(d) He was low on several minerals.

5. What does Eagleman say is difficult?
(a) Knowing that we have very little true free will.
(b) Believing that our unconscious is so unaware.
(c) Believing that our unconscious is so aware.
(d) Understanding and accepting that much of our minds is inaccessible to our conscious selves.

6. What did others say about the incident?
(a) They said there is no way to know whether the actor believes one way or the other.
(b) They dismissed it as the rantings of a drunken man, which is a common thing.
(c) They believed the actor was under duress and did not mean it.
(d) They believed the police officer misrepresented the incident.

7. 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 lies down and dies.
(c) It is incapable of any action.
(d) It often runs around in a circle.

8. What does the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?
(a) We are always ready to judge and condemn.
(b) We want to think of ourselves and others as being one way or another.
(c) We want to excuse others so we can excuse ourselves.
(d) We are always ready to excuse celetrity behavior.

9. What was winning the battle for control of Whitman's behavior in Eagleman's analogy?
(a) Logic versus emotions.
(b) Whitman's aggressive zombie programs.
(c) Love versus hate.
(d) Religion versus science.

10. What question does Eagleman pose about the actor?
(a) Which is the real man--the bigot or the one who seems sorry for his actions.
(b) How much of the actor's life was impacted by the incident.
(c) If the actor learned his bigotry from society in general.
(d) If the actor learned his bigotry as a child.

11. What does Chapter 4 explore?
(a) The limits to our conscious thinking.
(b) The ways our conscious thinking get us in trouble.
(c) How the conscious and unconscious minds can be complementary.
(d) The limits to our unconscious thinking.

12. How does Eagleman compare the conscious mind to the senses in a human being?
(a) Senses do not have limits but the conscious mind does.
(b) Both have limits.
(c) Neither have limits.
(d) Senses have limits but the conscious mind does not.

13. What do newborns seem to recognize?
(a) The feel of their mothers' skin.
(b) Their existence as separate from others around them.
(c) The sound of their mothers' voices.
(d) The smell of their mothers.

14. Why does Eagleman think people find the second puzzle easier to solve?
(a) They were told the first puzzle was easier.
(b) They were told the second puzzle was easier.
(c) They had practice with the first puzzle and it was in their unconscious.
(d) Most people more easily process information framed it in a social context.

15. What can insects do that human beings cannot do?
(a) They can see both sound and light.
(b) They can hear light as well as see it.
(c) They can see the entire spectrum of light.
(d) Insects can see wavelengths we cannot see.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two competing aspects of the brain which Eagleman mentions?

2. What example does Eagleman offer to illustrate how sub-routines of our mind work?

3. What did the group do with the arresting record?

4. What were men first shown briefly?

5. What assumption is at the core of the American legal system?

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