Phineas Gage chapters 1 & 2 - modified

What was Phineas' job? (choose the 2 that apply)

• Phineas was a foreman on a construction site.

• Phineas laid rail for new train tracks.

• Phineas hauled away rock that had been blasted into pieces small enough to carry.

• Phineas used a tamping rod to set explosives to blast rock into small pieces.

What did a tamping iron look like?

• The tamping rod looked like a baseball bat.

• The tamping iron looked like an iron spear.

• The tamping rod looked like a crowbar.

Where did the tamping iron go through Phineas' head?

• It entered just behind his right ear, behind his right eyeball and upwards through his frontal lobes.

• It entered just under his chin, behind his nasal cavity and upwards through his frontal lobes.

• It entered just under his left ear, behind his left eyeball and across through his right ear.

• It entered just under his left cheekbone, behind his left eyeball and upwards through his frontal lobes and out the forehead.

How was Phineas before the accident?

• Phineas was very rude to his friends and co-workers and can't make decisions for himself.

• Phineas was weak and tried to avoid work whenever possible.

• Phineas was a hard-working considerate person

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How was Phineas after the accident?

• Phineas was very rude to his friends and co-workers and can't make decisions for himself.

• Phineas was weak and tried to avoid work whenever possible.

• Phineas was a hard-working considerate person

What causes the tamping iron to fly up at Phineas?

• Someone knocks it out of his hand and into the gunpowder.

• Somehow the sand was not placed into the blasting hole.

• His assistant was angry and threw it at him.

What does Dr. Williams think about Phineas when he first hears his story?

• Dr. Williams has seen injuries like it before and knows exactly what happened.

• Dr. Williams doesn't believe him.

• Dr. Williams believes him and sees it as a miracle that has occurred.

What is a head injury where the skull is not cracked, so when the brain swells it can be dangerous because it pushes against the skull and cuts off the blood supply to the brain

• open brain injury

• closed brain injury

• sepsis

What is a head injury where the skull is cracked and allows the brain to swell

• open brain injury

• closed brain injury

• sepsis

What is a tamping iron?

• a heavy, specialized tool that is heated and used to press wrinkles from fabric

• a specialized tool that is heated and used to style a person's hair

• a specialized tool for gunpowder blasting in construction work before the invention of dynamite

• a specialized tool that is used to muffle loud sounds