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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 would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?
(a) The car would go off the road.
(b) The circle would most likely turn out to be more elliptical.
(c) The car would flip over.
(d) The square would be a rectangle.

2. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) Sometimes up to a minute.
(b) A second or two.
(c) A few milliseconds.
(d) We actually live slightly into the future.

3. What tells us that we experience the world as it actually exists?
(a) Our intuition.
(b) Our previous experiences.
(c) Our knowledge.
(d) Our senses.

4. What is an animal's ability to choose a course from among competing options and act accordingly?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Consciousness.

5. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) At least daily.
(b) Hundreds of times per second.
(c) A few times an hour.
(d) Whenever it has the energy to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?

2. What does Eagleton point out in the beginning of the chapter about our senses?

3. What are those people called who sort out baby chickens by their gender?

4. How does the author refer to the brain?

5. What example does Eagleman offer to illustrate how sub-routines of our mind work?

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