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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. From what does Eagleman say our ultimate behavior springs?
(a) As a result of our individual intelligence.
(b) As a result of values taught to us at a young age.
(c) As a result of the physical and emotional working in conjunction with each other.
(d) As a result of the biological balance within our brain.

3. From what was Alex suffering at the time?
(a) Eczema.
(b) Delusions of grandeur.
(c) Serious headaches.
(d) Depression.

4. What example does Eagleman offer to illustrate how sub-routines of our mind work?
(a) A person both wanting and not wanting to exercise.
(b) A person both wanting and not wanting a new job.
(c) A person both wanting and not wanting to move.
(d) A person both wanting and not wanting a piece of cake.

5. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?
(a) A significant change in his television habits.
(b) An unusual mathematical talent.
(c) An unusual musical talent.
(d) A significant change in his sexual preferences.

6. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?
(a) That no one is responsible for his/her choices.
(b) That we should be working more towards gene manipulation.
(c) That every one must be absolutely accountable.
(d) That those who have a genetic defect that affects their behavior should be more closely monitored.

7. What did the actor do after the incident?
(a) Defended his position.
(b) Denied it was about him.
(c) Wrote an apology and offered to repair the harm.
(d) Paid off the group that got the record removed.

8. What does Eagleman think is a good model for how the brain works?
(a) A theory called science of mentality.
(b) A concept call indiscriminate separation.
(c) A concept called society of mind.
(d) A theory called particulate mentality.

9. For what was the actor in #109 arrested in 2006?
(a) Wife abuse.
(b) Tax evasion.
(c) Bad acting.
(d) Driving while intoxicated.

10. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?
(a) It goes back to the early history of humankind.
(b) It is socially ingrained from advertisements.
(c) Men are attracted to women who have the same ethnic looks as themselves.
(d) The cars that men chose were the ones that had the most attractive women standing by them.

11. What did an autopsy of Whitman find?
(a) He was on ten different types of medicins.
(b) He was severely abused as a child.
(c) He was drunk when he died.
(d) He had a brain tumor.

12. What is the significant fact in the two showings to the men?
(a) The men invariably chose the same in either situation.
(b) The men invariably chose differently in each situation.
(c) The men seemed to randomly choose preferences no matter the amount of time exposed to the images.
(d) It has little to do with appearance, but more to do with the time they had to look at the pictures.

13. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?
(a) To understand what motivates our desires.
(b) To be attracted to voices.
(c) To want to understand what motivates our desires.
(d) To be attracted to faces.

14. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?
(a) Light and dark shapes.
(b) Colors and numbers.
(c) Colors and shapes.
(d) Shapes and numbers.

15. What does Eagleton think many sub-routines of our mind are doing?
(a) Clashing with each other.
(b) Leading and following each other.
(c) Competing with each other.
(d) Complementing each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?

2. How do some scientist define intelligence?

3. What does Eagleton point out in the beginning of the chapter about our senses?

4. Who obtained a record of the arresting incident?

5. What is hard wired into our brains?

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