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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?
(a) Mostly the bands at either end.
(b) Only a small portion.
(c) Mostly the middle 1/3.
(d) Most of it.

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

3. What is an animal's ability to choose a course from among competing options and act accordingly?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Awareness.

4. How did Whitman die?
(a) Shot by the police.
(b) Lightening.
(c) Electrical shock.
(d) Falls out of a tower.

5. What does Eagleman say the majority of criminals are?
(a) Helpless victims of their brain chemistry.
(b) Unbalanced in their psychological state.
(c) Male.
(d) Female.

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

7. How does Eagleton support his statement about what is or is not hard wired into our brains?
(a) He provides several examples.
(b) He says the reader must take his word on it.
(c) He has the reader do an experiement on their own mind.
(d) He says he cannot support it since it is only theoretical.

8. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?
(a) Our genes or who raises us.
(b) If we want to commit a murder or not.
(c) If our environment has chemical hazards that could trigger bad behavior.
(d) If we want to eat that piece of pie or not.

9. What is hard wired into our brains?
(a) Things such as breathing and digestion.
(b) Nothing is actually hard wired into our brains.
(c) Only the survival instinct.
(d) Much of what motivates us and drives our behavior.

10. What is the orbitofrontal cortex?
(a) The area of the brain affected by Alex's tumor.
(b) The area of the brain where the spinal column meets the brain tissue.
(c) The area of the brain that often determines psychosis.
(d) The area of the brain that determines right or left handedness.

11. 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) Senses have limits but the conscious mind does not.
(c) Both have limits.
(d) Neither have limits.

12. What assumption does Eagleman dismiss?
(a) That the brain's health affects intelligence.
(b) That people have control over their behavior not matter what.
(c) That all people are equally equipped to make sound and rational decisions.
(d) That the brain is able to heal itself of most problems.

13. How do some scientist define intelligence?
(a) The ability to mix emotion with thought.
(b) The ability to think more than a couple steps ahead of a task.
(c) The ability to make very fine distinctions.
(d) Many small actions that can be performed without conscious thinking coming together.

14. What culture does this actor slander?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Arab.

15. What had people noticed about Whitman in some months before his death?
(a) His behavior had changed.
(b) He seemed to feel much despair.
(c) He seemed full of hope.
(d) He seemed the same as always.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleton think many sub-routines of our mind are doing?

2. What do some brain scientists propose?

3. What does Chapter 4 explore?

4. How is the problem solved?

5. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?

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