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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do we perceive about the limits of our conscious knowledge?
(a) We know there are limits but don't always recognize when we've reached one.
(b) Our conscious mind in its egoistic state does not believe there are limits.
(c) We know there are no limits but we often act as if there are.
(d) We do not know what the limits of our conscious knowledge is.

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

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

5. How is the problem solved?
(a) Making the recurring numbers bolder.
(b) Breaking the task into smaller routines.
(c) Using skin pads.
(d) Finding how latitude is divided first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some brain scientists propose?

2. What does Chapter 4 explore?

3. What does Eagleman say we are at the mercy of?

4. How does Eagleman then change the puzzle?

5. What does the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the physical division in the brain and what can happen if the two hemispheres are severed.

2. What example does Eagleman cite to demonstrate the difference between the rational and emotional mind?

3. How does Eagleman interpret the incident?

4. How does Eagleman see many of the small sub-routines of the mind and what example does he give?

5. What does Chapter 4 explore?

6. To what part of the body are newborns drawn and what does this imply about human beings' predisposition?

7. What does Eagleman suggest about our culpability in our actions, particularly males?

8. What does Eagleman have readers consider about Whitman?

9. How does Eagleman use an example of early robotics to illustrate how the mind may be divided?

10. What comparison of thought to wavelengths does Eagleman make?

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