Chapter 3 Phineas Gage Check-in

1. As far as we know, what did Phineas do between the years of 1852 and 1859?

• worked on a horse ranch in Montana

• worked on a farm in Iowa plowing the fields

• drove a stagecoach in South America

• herded sheep in Australia

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2. After Phineas went to his mother’s home in California in 1859, what medical problem did he have?

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What caused Phineas’s death?

• pneumonia

• Alzheimer’s disease

• yellow fever

• seizures

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4. What happened to Phineas’s skull and tamping iron?

• Phineas’s body was dug up, and his skull and tamping iron were removed from his grave and given to Dr. Harlow.

• Over time, they were lost and never found.

• They are on display at Barnum’s museum in New York City.

• They are on display at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

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5. Why did Dr. Harlow talk to the Massachusetts Medical Society eight years after Phineas’s death?

• Dr. Harlow wanted to convince the doctors that Phineas’s accident had really happened.

• Dr. Harlow wanted to confess that it had been a hoax.

• Dr. Harlow wanted to tell the complete truth about Phineas’s personality change.

• none of the above

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6. According to Dr. Harlow, Phineas lost what vital skill?

• Phineas no longer knew how to recognize family members.

• Phineas no longer knew how to solve puzzles.

• Phineas no longer knew how to make good trades.

• Phineas no longer knew how to be social or “act human.”

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feeble means?

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Humbug means?

• old-fashioned; not widely used, having been replaced by something newer or better

• something that is meant to deceive or cheat people; something that is silly or makes no sense

• periods of time between one event and the next

• physically weak

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Hype means?

• periods of time between one event and the next

• physically weak

• people who doubt something is true

• greatly exaggerated publicity intended to excite public interest in something, such as a movie

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What are intervals?

• people who doubt something is true

• periods of time between one event and the next

• something that is meant to deceive or cheat people; something that is silly or makes no sense

• greatly exaggerated publicity intended to excite public interest in something, such as a movie

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