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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 was discovered about Alex's health?
(a) He was low on several minerals.
(b) He had a brain tumor.
(c) He was schizophrenic.
(d) He had a self-immune disorder.

2. What does Eagleman call "dethronements"?
(a) Shifts in theories from the particular to the all encompassing.
(b) Shifts in thinking.
(c) Behaving as if one were royalty and then have the brain make them act differently.
(d) Believing in something and having it disproved.

3. What culture does this actor slander?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Arab.

4. Whose brains must learn to make sense of visual input coming in?
(a) Blind people who recover their sight.
(b) People who have had an eye injured and do not see out of it for a while.
(c) People who start wearing glasses.
(d) People who move to a different culture.

5. How many connections does a typical neuron make to neighboring neurons?
(a) 10.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?

2. How much of the activity of our brain does the conscious mind represent?

3. How complex is the human brain?

4. What have we humans thrown ourselves into deciphering?

5. What did some commentators say about the incident with the actor?

(see the answer key)

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