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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?
(a) Optical illusions.
(b) Third dimension painting.
(c) Magic.
(d) The hand is quicker than the eye.

4. Where does the incident take place that Eagleman describe from 1966?
(a) Austin.
(b) Orlando.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Dallas.

5. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?
(a) Shapes and numbers.
(b) Light and dark shapes.
(c) Colors and shapes.
(d) Colors and numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?

2. What does the amygdala regulate?

3. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?

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

5. What assumption is at the core of the American legal system?

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