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

2. What does Eagleman say can get in the way of our efficiency?
(a) Our own tunnel vision.
(b) Other people's ideas of how something should be done.
(c) Other people's opinions.
(d) Being conscious of our actions.

3. How does Eagleman then change the puzzle?
(a) He makes it about breeds of cats.
(b) He makes it about people and their occupations.
(c) He makes it about breeds of dogs.
(d) He makes it about people and their ages.

4. What creature does Eagleman use as an example of one with an excellent sense of smell?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Cat.
(c) Bloodhound.
(d) Tiger.

5. What do some brain scientists propose?
(a) That the brain is not as much like a computer as originally thought.
(b) That computers can mimic the brain in all ways except fine discrimination.
(c) That the brain is able to handle much larger routines than computers.
(d) That the brain may work on numerous smaller routines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?

2. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?

3. If someone moves slightly towards the word dislike before choosing the word like, what does that indicate?

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

5. What does Eagleton think many sub-routines of our mind are doing?

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