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

2. What creature does Eagleman use as an example of one with an excellent sense of smell?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Cat.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Bloodhound.

3. What are two competing aspects of the brain which Eagleman mentions?
(a) Rational and psychological.
(b) Emotional and psychological.
(c) Rational and irrational.
(d) Rational and emotional.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?

2. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?

3. What does Eagleman think is a good model for how the brain works?

4. What does Eagleman say the majority of criminals are?

5. What were men then shown for a longer period of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident does Eagleman discuss concerning Mel Gibson?

2. What does Eagleman say about free will?

3. Explain the study that was performed on how men rate a woman's attractiveness.

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

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

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

7. Who is Charles Whitman and what did he do and what may have contributed to his actions?

8. What does Eagleman say about a man named Alex?

9. How does Eagleman interpret the incident?

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

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