Deja Vu

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

• Deja Vu usually happens spontaneously.
• Researchers are eager to learn more about deja vu.
• A person experiencing deja vu may feel momentarily confused.
• People who experience deja vu ask many questions.

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

• explain how scientists have tried to understand deja vu but have yet to come to a definite conclusion
• describe in detail how researchers conduct experiments on participants by overlapping details
• identify the part of the brain that is responsible for learning and memory and how it affects deja vu
• emphasize that determining the cause of deja vu is critical to the scientific community

The author's primary purpose for writing this selection is to--

• explain how research related to the brain depends on understanding more about deja vu
• provide a firsthand account of what it feels like to experience deja vu
• describe the circumstances under which a feeling of deja vu may occur
• share theories and unanswered questions concerning how deja vu happens

What does the word "erroneous" mean in paragraph 4?

• expected
• incorrect
• frequent
• unacceptable

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

• past research studies about deja vu are unreliable
• most people do not remember when they have experienced deja vu
• data collected in deja vu experiments can be interpreted different ways
• it is nearly impossible to gather data about a true deja vu experience

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 deja vu that was later proved wrong
• how researchers determined that blind people can experience deja vu

The scenes from "Deja Ville" pictured after paragraph 5 are important because they--

• help the reader understand the circumstances under which deja vu might occur
• encourage the reader to be aware of the arrangement of items in a location
• show the reader that deja vu can happen when it is least expected
• illustrate how theb rain processes and stores details about a location

Why does the author include the quotation in paragraph 2?

• To tell the reader how to avoid experiencing deja vu
• to convince the reader that deja vu can be unhealthy
• to establish that deja vu can be caused by many factors
• to explain why a person experiencing deja vu feels a certain way