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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consistency of the brain?
(a) Jello.
(b) Bread.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Milk.

2. What does the author call self-healing material?
(a) The skin.
(b) Internal organs.
(c) Bones.
(d) The brain.

3. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.
(b) Having the man sing.
(c) Using a mirror.
(d) Pulling on the tongue in question.

4. What does the device that takes visual input through a camera and translate it into impulses do?
(a) It is a means of giving a computer "sight."
(b) There is no such machine.
(c) It enables the brain to see without eyes.
(d) It demonstrates the mechanics of sight.

5. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?
(a) Erythrocytes.
(b) Hepatic.
(c) Nephrons.
(d) Neurons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

2. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?

3. What is the most important part of seeing?

4. How does the author refer to the brain?

5. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?

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