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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Trillions of trillions.
(c) Hundreds of trillions.
(d) Hundreds of billions.

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

3. How complex is the human brain?
(a) Parts are simple and parts are somewhat complex.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Almost unfathomably complex.
(d) Fairly simple.

4. What does the author say lies underneath one's exterior looks?
(a) A world of its own.
(b) Sophisticated machinery.
(c) A simple network of interlocking pieces.
(d) A string of double helixes.

5. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?
(a) A small part.
(b) Most of the activity.
(c) There is no way of judging that.
(d) About half of the activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another type of brain cell?

2. Why did the subjects say about why they chose the pictures of the women that they did?

3. What were men asked to rate in an experiment the author cites?

4. To what are innumerable facets of ourselves linked?

5. How does the author refer to the brain?

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