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WorksheetsPhineas Gage Final Test
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
The author chose to tell the story of Gage’s accident in ____________________________ tense.
present tense so the reader can experience the accident like an eyewitness.
Past tense because it happened in the past
Future tense because it talks about medical terminology
Write three adjectives that describe Phineas’s personality before the accident.
lazy, rude, forgetful
crude, hard working, indecisive
hard working, kind, friendly
kind, friendly, lazy
Phineas Gage’s accident took place on this date:
September 1848
September 1865
September 1852
May 1860
Name one or two central ideas of this text.
Phineas Gage was unlucky. His injury helped brain science understand the brain.
Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. His injury help Dr. Harlow become famous.
Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. Phineas Gage became famous.
Phineas Gage was lucky that he survived. His injury helped brain science understand the brain.
What was remarkable about Phineas’s condition just after the accident?
He road in a wagon to the town.
He had an infection.
He could walk and talk.
It was good that Phineas’s skull was open because
the doctor could finally see a live person's brain.
the doctor could remove the skull pieces.
it gave the brain room to swell.
It left his brain open to fresh air.
It was bad that Phineas’s skull was open because
it was bleeding to much.
it was gross.
it had room to swell.
it was open to infection.
The brain stem controls ______________________ functions, such as breathing and heartbeat.
executive
automatic
he human brain weighs about ____________________ pounds.
4 pounds
3 pounds
3 1/2 pounds
It depends on the person.
What caused Phineas’s death?
blood poisoning
sezuires
seasickness
the mining accident
Where is Phineas’s skull and tamping iron?
Smithsonian
Harvard Medical College
Cavendish, Vermont
In Phineas's Grave
Where was Phineas buried?
San Francisco, California
Cavendish, Vermont
Santa Clara, California
According to Dr. Harlow, Phineas lost what vital skill?
Being nice
Being social
Being hardworking
Why do students of psychology and neurology study Phineas Gage’s case?
because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex are the seat of executive functions
because it illustrates how the lobes of the frontal cortex control the abilities to predict, to decide, and to interact socially
both A and B
none of the above
In what kind of book could you read about Phineas Gage’s brain injury
a neurology textbook
a psychology textbook
a book about neuroscience
all of the above
Why did Dr. Harlow talk to the Massachusetts Medical Society eight years after Phineas’s death?
A. 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
As far as we know, what did Phineas do between the years of 1852 and 1859?
worked on a farm in Iowa plowing the fields
drove a stagecoach in South America
worked on a horse ranch in Montana
herded sheep in Australia
Why didn’t some doctors believe Phineas’s story
Dr. Bigelow didn’t provide any evidence to support the story.
Dr. Harlow couldn’t share any confidential information.
They did not believe anyone could survive such an injury.
They had seen too many hoaxes to believe this wasn’t another one.
