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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 Life After the Monarchy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did others say about the incident?
(a) They said there is no way to know whether the actor believes one way or the other.
(b) They believed the actor was under duress and did not mean it.
(c) They dismissed it as the rantings of a drunken man, which is a common thing.
(d) They believed the police officer misrepresented the incident.

2. What did the discovery of the moons of Jupiter demonstrate?
(a) That the sun orbits the Earth.
(b) That the Earth was not the center of the solar system.
(c) That all planets have moons.
(d) That viable life could exist elsewhere.

3. What were men then shown for a longer period of time?
(a) The same pictures of the women.
(b) Pictures of cars with women beside them.
(c) Pictures of abstract figures that resembled the female figure.
(d) Colors splashed randomly on the paper.

4. What does Eagleman say can happen even after we learn to see?
(a) Our sight can be inaccurate.
(b) Our sight can be erratic.
(c) Our vision can be fooled.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Eagleman say has happened to complicated processes in his analogy of consciousness?
(a) They have been compressed from novels to short stores.
(b) They have been compressed to dots.
(c) They have been jumbled into split images.
(d) The processes have been compressed into headlines.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do some brain scientists propose?

3. How does May first react to his new sight?

4. How much of our brain is devoted to sight?

5. How often does one cell send something to other cells?

(see the answer key)

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