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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is exceptional about the creature mentioned in question 89?
(a) They can sense a whole range of odors that human beings cannot sense.
(b) They can smell the fleas on them.
(c) They can smell an odor on the air even after several days.
(d) They can smell odors after weeks have passed.

2. What did some commentators say about the incident with the actor?
(a) That the man is truly anti-Semitic and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(b) That the man is truly anti-Black and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(c) That the man is truly anti-Hispanic and it was revealed when he was drunk.
(d) That the man is truly anti-Asian and it was revealed when he was drunk.

3. What is the orbitofrontal cortex?
(a) The area of the brain that determines right or left handedness.
(b) The area of the brain where the spinal column meets the brain tissue.
(c) The area of the brain that often determines psychosis.
(d) The area of the brain affected by Alex's tumor.

4. From what does Eagleman say our ultimate behavior springs?
(a) As a result of values taught to us at a young age.
(b) As a result of our individual intelligence.
(c) As a result of the biological balance within our brain.
(d) As a result of the physical and emotional working in conjunction with each other.

5. What does the logic puzzle that Eagleman challenges readers with involve?
(a) Shapes and numbers.
(b) Colors and shapes.
(c) Colors and numbers.
(d) Light and dark shapes.

6. Which actor does Eagleman discuss at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Mel Gibson.
(b) John Wayne.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) Brad Pitt.

7. What did the actor do after the incident?
(a) Paid off the group that got the record removed.
(b) Wrote an apology and offered to repair the harm.
(c) Defended his position.
(d) Denied it was about him.

8. What can insects do that human beings cannot do?
(a) They can see the entire spectrum of light.
(b) They can hear light as well as see it.
(c) Insects can see wavelengths we cannot see.
(d) They can see both sound and light.

9. What proved difficult in programming robots?
(a) Having them be able to grasp fine particles.
(b) Having them perform two tasks that were only minutely different.
(c) Having them understand the difference between two degrees of moisture.
(d) Having them perform simple tasks.

10. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?
(a) The cars that men chose were the ones that had the most attractive women standing by them.
(b) Men are attracted to women who have the same ethnic looks as themselves.
(c) It goes back to the early history of humankind.
(d) It is socially ingrained from advertisements.

11. What argument does Eagleman say he is not making?
(a) That those who have a genetic defect that affects their behavior should be more closely monitored.
(b) That we should be working more towards gene manipulation.
(c) That no one is responsible for his/her choices.
(d) That every one must be absolutely accountable.

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

13. How does Eagleton support his statement about what is or is not hard wired into our brains?
(a) He provides several examples.
(b) He has the reader do an experiement on their own mind.
(c) He says he cannot support it since it is only theoretical.
(d) He says the reader must take his word on it.

14. How does Eagleman compare thinking with seeing?
(a) There are thoughts that we cannot think, just as there are wavelengths of light we cannot see.
(b) Both involve the same area of the left brain.
(c) Both involve the right brain.
(d) Neither are infallible.

15. Who obtained a record of the arresting incident?
(a) The Chinese-American Relations Association.
(b) The Anti-defamation League.
(c) The Hispanic-American Cultural League.
(d) A celebrity gossip website.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the group do with the arresting record?

2. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?

3. What did others say about the incident?

4. How is the problem solved?

5. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?

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