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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say about the ability to sort?

2. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?

3. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

4. What is the most important part of seeing?

5. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eagleman say it is not correct to change lanes by turning the wheel right and then straightening it out?

2. What is the simple experiment Eagleman asks the reader to perform?

3. What is another illustration of how one reacts to something before the person is even aware of the situation?

4. What does Eagleman say the experiment with the photographs of women illustrates?

5. How does Mike May adjust to his regained sight?

6. How is our brain wired for performing complicated tasks and why?

7. How can the brain see without eyes and what is one way this is possible?

8. What has given greater insight into the workings of the mind since Freud's time?

9. What is seeing and what is the most important aspect of seeing?

10. How does Eagleman offer an analogy of one's awareness to a newspaper headline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eagleman gives the reader an overview of his ideas about success in Incognito. Discuss one of the following:

1. Discuss Eagleman's opinions of three topics he discussed in relation to the brain. Do you agree or disagree with him? Why? Use examples from Incognito to support your answer.

2. Compare and contrast Eagleman's opinions from Incognito with what you might imagine Eagleman's opinion might be had he lived 100 years ago. How do you think his opinions would change? Would they remain the same? Explain fully. Use examples from Incognito to support your answer.

3. Discuss how you think Eagleman's view on several topics from this essay informs his life as a researcher. Use examples from Incognito to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Incognito. Questions that Eagleman most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Eagleman's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Wilson's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Eagleman and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful work of non-fiction?

2. Analyze and discuss The Hand based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Incognito is a successful work of non-fiction/memoir.

3. Is The Hand a book you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a non-fictional book be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

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