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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. How much of the wavelengths of light do our eyes see?
(a) Only a small portion.
(b) Most of it.
(c) Mostly the middle 1/3.
(d) Mostly the bands at either end.

2. To what does the author compare a single brain cell in its complexity?
(a) A village.
(b) A ball team.
(c) A maze.
(d) A city.

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

4. What is hard wired into our brains?
(a) Only the survival instinct.
(b) Much of what motivates us and drives our behavior.
(c) Nothing is actually hard wired into our brains.
(d) Things such as breathing and digestion.

5. Of what is the phenomenon of depth being stimulated on a flat page an example?
(a) Optical illusions.
(b) Third dimension painting.
(c) The hand is quicker than the eye.
(d) Magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do hallways challenge May when he regains his sight?

2. For what was the actor in #109 arrested in 2006?

3. Who cannot immediately discern depth and movement as someone who has had vision since birth?

4. What does the nature of the debate about the drunken actor illustrate according to Eagleman?

5. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?

(see the answer key)

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