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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 another type of brain cell?
(a) Leukocytes.
(b) Glia.
(c) Neutrophils.
(d) Nephrons.

2. How do photographs of different races reveal something about the mind?
(a) It demonstrates how sight affects conscious choices.
(b) It shows how sight is both an unconscious and conscious action.
(c) Prejudice can be hidden in the unconscious.
(d) The conscious mind might be prejudice but most will not acknowledge their feelings.

3. What did Whitman indicate in some writings he left behind?
(a) He hated his father.
(b) He was sorry he was out of control.
(c) He wanted to take others with him so he wouldn't be lonely.
(d) He suspected he had something wrong with his brain.

4. What is the most important part of seeing?
(a) What the unconscious brain does with the information.
(b) How one uses the information gained by sight.
(c) How seeing enables social interaction.
(d) How seeing stimulates the brain to be more productive.

5. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?
(a) Blind people who recover their sight.
(b) People who move to a different culture.
(c) People who start wearing glasses.
(d) People who have had an eye injured and do not see out of it for a while.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eagleman think is a good model for how the brain works?

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

3. What were men first shown briefly?

4. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?

5. What does each brain cell send to other cells?

(see the answer key)

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