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

2. What question has been addressed by philosophers for ages?
(a) Whether humans truly have free will.
(b) How much we should be accountable for our actions.
(c) Nature versus nurture.
(d) Which came first the genetic tendency or the action that stimulates the gene.

3. What does Eagleman say a man named Alex started demonstrating?
(a) An unusual musical talent.
(b) A significant change in his sexual preferences.
(c) A significant change in his television habits.
(d) An unusual mathematical talent.

4. What was one routine in charge of?
(a) Finding the block.
(b) Writing down each degree of latitude.
(c) Recording moisture readings.
(d) Spotting the numbers.

5. What does Chapter 4 explore?
(a) The ways our conscious thinking get us in trouble.
(b) The limits to our conscious thinking.
(c) The limits to our unconscious thinking.
(d) How the conscious and unconscious minds can be complementary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did others say about the incident?

2. What do some brain scientists propose?

3. How did Whitman die?

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

5. What does Eagleman say we are at the mercy of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Eagleman say about a man named Alex?

3. What does Eagleman have readers consider about Whitman?

4. How does a rat react to conflicting choices?

5. Explain the study that was performed on how men rate a woman's attractiveness.

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

7. Explain the physical division in the brain and what can happen if the two hemispheres are severed.

8. What does Eagleman say about free will?

9. What does Chapter 4 explore?

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

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