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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. How did Whitman die?
(a) Shot by the police.
(b) Lightening.
(c) Electrical shock.
(d) Falls out of a tower.

2. What problem does Eagleman describe in illustrating how the mind may be divided?
(a) Counting recurring numbers without missing one.
(b) When developing the polygraph, how to distinguish between saying one thing and expressing something different with body language.
(c) An early problem in the development of artificial intelligence.
(d) The problem of longitude.

3. What does Eagleman say we cannot choose?
(a) If we want to eat that piece of pie or not.
(b) Our genes or who raises us.
(c) If our environment has chemical hazards that could trigger bad behavior.
(d) If we want to commit a murder or not.

4. What does Eagleman say about the question as to whether the actor is racist or not?
(a) The question is fairly black and white.
(b) The question is rhetorical and not important.
(c) If the question could be answered, we'd all be in trouble for the way we think.
(d) The question is more complex than either/or.

5. What studies does Eagleman look at in this chapter?
(a) Studies that look at what people seem to find attractive in others.
(b) Studies about how one distinguishes one taste from another.
(c) Studies about how the brain processes input.
(d) Studies about how one distinguishes one smell from another.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charles Whitman?

2. What is hard wired into our brains?

3. What culture does this actor slander?

4. How does Eagleman explain the phenomenon as to how men made their choices in the experiment?

5. What does Eagleman say the majority of criminals are?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Eagleman cite to demonstrate the difference between the rational and emotional mind?

2. To what part of the body are newborns drawn and what does this imply about human beings' predisposition?

3. What does Eagleman say is hard wired into our brains?

4. What does Eagleman say about our ability to perceive light versus that of insects?

5. What comparison of thought to wavelengths does Eagleman make?

6. How does Eagleman compare the conscious mind to our senses?

7. How does Eagleman interpret the incident?

8. What does Chapter 4 explore?

9. What does a team of rivals have to do with the brain?

10. What does Eagleman suggest about our culpability in our actions, particularly males?

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