Have I Been Here Before?

Which idea about déjà vu does the title of the selection support?

• Déjà vu usually happens spontaneously.

• Researchers are eager to learn more about déjà vu.

• A person experiencing déjà vu may feel momentarily confused.

• People who experience déjà vu ask many questions.

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The organization of the information in paragraphs 3 through 5 allows the author to —

• explain how scientists have tried to understand déjà vu but have yet to come to a definite conclusion

• describe in detail how researchers conduct experiments on participants by overlapping experiences

• identify the part of the brain that is responsible for learning and memory and how it affects déjà vu

• emphasize that determining the cause of déjà vu is critical to the scientific community

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The author’s primary purpose for writing this selection is to —

• explain how research related to the brain depends on understanding more about déjà vu

• provide a firsthand account of what it feels like to experience déjà vu

• describe the circumstances under which a feeling of déjà vu may occur

• share theories and unanswered questions concerning how déjà vu happens

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The result of Cleary’s experiment supports which idea about déjà vu?

• But this was proved untrue when a 2006 experiment at the University of Leeds, a world leader in déjà vu research, demonstrated that the blind also experience déjà vu.

• One early explanation of déjà vu suggested that the eyes were sending messages to the brain at different speeds.

• When a person enters the new place, the neurons processing it may misfire and retrieve details that overlap a previous experience.

• In 2007, neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researched the hippocampus, the part of the brain thought to be responsible for learning and memory.

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What does the word erroneous mean in paragraph 4?

• Expected

• Incorrect

• Frequent

• Unacceptable

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Based on the information in the selection, the reader can conclude that a main problem researchers studying déjà vu encounter is that —

• past research studies about déjà vu are unreliable

• most people do not remember when they have experienced déjà vu

• data collected in déjà vu experiments can be interpreted in different ways

• it is nearly impossible to gather data about a true déjà vu experience

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What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

• The process of how the eyes send messages to the brain

• What happens when images from the eyes reach the brain at different times

• A hypothesis about déjà vu that was later proved wrong

• How researchers determined that blind people can experience déjà vu

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The scenes from “Deja ville” pictured after paragraph 5 are important because they —

• help the reader understand the circumstances under which déjà vu may occur

• encourage the reader to be aware of the arrangement of items in a location

• show the reader that déjà vu can happen when it is least expected

• illustrate how the brain processes and stores details about a location

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Why does the author include the quotation in paragraph 2?

• To tell the reader how to avoid experiencing déjà vu

• To convince the reader that déjà vu can be unhealthy

• To establish that déjà vu can be caused by many factors

• To explain why a person experiencing déjà vu feels a certain way

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