Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 156 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 Mind: The Gap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alberts record?
(a) The sounds of the insect world of Africa.
(b) African music.
(c) The sounds of the lions.
(d) The sounds of many bird species.

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

3. How do sorters learn to do their job?
(a) By studying videos of how to sort.
(b) By reading a how-to book.
(c) By an expert sorter correcting a novice.
(d) By watching experts sort.

4. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?
(a) The way the floor and walls meet at angles is upsets his sense of balance.
(b) The feeling of confinement with the walls so close bothers him.
(c) The apparent convergence of the walls in the distance confuses him.
(d) They are no challenge since he remembers how to interpret them from when he used to see.

5. What was disorienting for May?
(a) The sudden shift of objects in his visual field when he turned his head.
(b) The way colors affected the appearance of shapes.
(c) The way steps seemed unattached to the earth.
(d) The way shapes affected the appearance of colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illustrations does Eagleman present to show the concept from question 44?

2. What is the point of the exercise Eagleman has readers perform?

3. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?

4. What is something the brain has to learn?

5. When do major league baseball players begin their swing while batting?

(see the answer key)

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