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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Charles Whitman when he died?
(a) 44.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.
2. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?
(a) That every one must be absolutely accountable.
(b) That no one is responsible for his/her choices.
(c) That we should be working more towards gene manipulation.
(d) That those who have a genetic defect that affects their behavior should be more closely monitored.
3. What did some commentators say about the incident with the actor?
(a) That the man is truly anti-Asian and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(b) That the man is truly anti-Hispanic and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(c) That the man is truly anti-Black and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(d) That the man is truly anti-Semitic and it was revealed when he was drunk.
4. What does Eagleman say we are at the mercy of?
(a) Medical advancements.
(b) Fate.
(c) Our own upbringing.
(d) The unconscious workings of our minds.
5. What example does Eagleman offer to illustrate how sub-routines of our mind work?
(a) A person both wanting and not wanting a new job.
(b) A person both wanting and not wanting to exercise.
(c) A person both wanting and not wanting to move.
(d) A person both wanting and not wanting a piece of cake.
6. What was discovered about Alex's health?
(a) He had a self-immune disorder.
(b) He had a brain tumor.
(c) He was low on several minerals.
(d) He was schizophrenic.
7. From what does Eagleman say our ultimate behavior springs?
(a) As a result of values taught to us at a young age.
(b) As a result of our individual intelligence.
(c) As a result of the biological balance within our brain.
(d) As a result of the physical and emotional working in conjunction with each other.
8. What do we perceive about the limits of our conscious knowledge?
(a) We know there are no limits but we often act as if there are.
(b) We know there are limits but don't always recognize when we've reached one.
(c) We do not know what the limits of our conscious knowledge is.
(d) Our conscious mind in its egoistic state does not believe there are limits.
9. How does Eagleman answer the question about whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) The author does not say as that is not the point of his anecdote.
(b) The actor does not know himself if he is racist.
(c) One part of his brain is racist and another part is not.
(d) The actor is definitely racist because one's true beliefs are hard to hide under the influence of alcohol.
10. What did an autopsy of Whitman find?
(a) He was severely abused as a child.
(b) He was drunk when he died.
(c) He had a brain tumor.
(d) He was on ten different types of medicins.
11. What culture does this actor slander?
(a) Arab.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Mexican.
12. What does Eagleman say we cannot think?
(a) There is nothing we cannot think.
(b) Something that is contrary to the implicit ego.
(c) Abstract ideas in a third dimension.
(d) Some thoughts.
13. What can insects do that human beings cannot do?
(a) They can hear light as well as see it.
(b) They can see both sound and light.
(c) They can see the entire spectrum of light.
(d) Insects can see wavelengths we cannot see.
14. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) If the question could be answered, we'd all be in trouble for the way we think.
(b) The question is rhetorical and not important.
(c) The question is fairly black and white.
(d) The question is more complex than either/or.
15. What disease does Eagleman mention in support of his argument about free will?
(a) Tourette's Syndrome.
(b) OCD.
(c) Autism.
(d) Schizophrenia.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Whitman die?
2. What does Eagleton think many sub-routines of our mind are doing?
3. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?
4. Why does Eagleman think people find the second puzzle easier to solve?
5. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?
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