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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of us notice in the world around us?
(a) That which impacts our safety.
(b) Just when something is out of the ordinary.
(c) About ninety percent of what is actually there.
(d) About ten percent of what is actually there.

2. What is one of the types of cells in the brain?
(a) Erythrocytes.
(b) Nephrons.
(c) Neurons.
(d) Hepatic.

3. How often does one cell send something to other cells?
(a) Whenever it has the energy to do so.
(b) A few times an hour.
(c) Hundreds of times per second.
(d) At least daily.

4. What is another type of brain cell?
(a) Neutrophils.
(b) Glia.
(c) Leukocytes.
(d) Nephrons.

5. What is meant by "implicit egotism"?
(a) The tendency for most people to like themselves.
(b) The way the ego receives implied beliefs from the unconscious.
(c) The belief in psychology that the ego is not real.
(d) The tendency for the ego to determine prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many pounds does a brain weigh?

2. In what number range does the author say the brain cells count?

3. How does Alberts convince one African that the native's tongue is still intact?

4. What illustrations does Eagleman present to show the concept from question 44?

5. What are our brains wired to do as far as complicated tasks are concerned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eagleman say it is not correct to change lanes by turning the wheel right and then straightening it out?

2. Who is Mike May and what happens to him?

3. What does Eagleman say Sigmund Freud understood?

4. How is one's conscious mind limited and how does this make the mind more difficult to understand?

5. What is another illustration of how one reacts to something before the person is even aware of the situation?

6. How can the brain see without eyes and what is one way this is possible?

7. What does Eagleman say the experiment with the photographs of women illustrates?

8. How does Mike May adjust to his regained sight?

9. What does Eagleman describe in the opening chapter?

10. What has given greater insight into the workings of the mind since Freud's time?

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