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

2. What was one routine in charge of?
(a) Writing down each degree of latitude.
(b) Spotting the numbers.
(c) Recording moisture readings.
(d) Finding the block.

3. What question does Eagleman pose about the actor?
(a) If the actor learned his bigotry from society in general.
(b) If the actor learned his bigotry as a child.
(c) How much of the actor's life was impacted by the incident.
(d) Which is the real man--the bigot or the one who seems sorry for his actions.

4. How old was Charles Whitman when he died?
(a) 15.
(b) 44.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eagleman then change the puzzle?

2. What were men first shown briefly?

3. To what do human beings seem to be predisposed without prior learning?

4. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?

5. What was winning the battle for control of Whitman's behavior in Eagleman's analogy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident does Eagleman discuss concerning Mel Gibson?

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

3. How does Eagleman interpret the incident?

4. What happens when the frontal cortex is damaged?

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

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

7. How does a rat react to conflicting choices?

8. What does Eagleman have readers consider about Whitman?

9. What does Eagleman say about our ability to perceive light versus that of insects?

10. What does a team of rivals have to do with the brain?

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