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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far in the past do we actually "live"?
(a) Sometimes up to a minute.
(b) A second or two.
(c) A few milliseconds.
(d) We actually live slightly into the future.

2. Of what are we unconscious when we move an arm?
(a) The flurry of neural impulses that caused the arm to move.
(b) If our brain or eyes initiated the move.
(c) Why we moved the arm.
(d) If the arm moved before or after we thought about moving it.

3. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?
(a) Having the man sing.
(b) Pulling on the tongue in question.
(c) Using a mirror.
(d) Having the man hold his tongue and try to talk.

4. To what does Eagleman compare consciousness?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A camera.
(d) A video recorder.

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

6. What does each brain cell send to other cells?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Electrical impulses.
(c) Messages for interpretation.
(d) Food.

7. When does Arthur Alberts travel from New York to Africa?
(a) 1949.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1989.

8. How do photographs of different races reveal something about the mind?
(a) The conscious mind might be prejudice but most will not acknowledge their feelings.
(b) It shows how sight is both an unconscious and conscious action.
(c) Prejudice can be hidden in the unconscious.
(d) It demonstrates how sight affects conscious choices.

9. What does Eagleman say about implicit egotism?
(a) It is merely a theory that is impossible to prove.
(b) It is a well-established phenomenon.
(c) It is can wreck havoc on experiments with the unconscious mind.
(d) It is impossible to know how much of the egotism is conscious or unconscious.

10. Why does Alberts take along a tape recorder on his journey?
(a) Because of his love of music.
(b) Because of his love of gadgetry.
(c) To tape his observations.
(d) To tape his last moments if he is dying.

11. What would happen if the people actually performed this motion in reality?
(a) The car would go off the road.
(b) The square would be a rectangle.
(c) The car would flip over.
(d) The circle would most likely turn out to be more elliptical.

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

13. What is the most important part of seeing?
(a) What the unconscious brain does with the information.
(b) How one uses the information gained by sight.
(c) How seeing enables social interaction.
(d) How seeing stimulates the brain to be more productive.

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

15. At what age does Mike May regain his vision?
(a) 55.
(b) 46.
(c) 32.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?

2. What does the amount of brain effort that vision uses indicate about vision?

3. What motion does Eagleman ask his readers to make?

4. How do the eyes of blind people who recover their sight work compared to persons who are sighted since birth?

5. How is what a person likes determined?

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