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Phineas Gage Unit Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What part of the brain did Phineas injure?

a)

The brain stem

b)

Temporal Lobe

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

2.

What is Phineas's closest companion?

a)

Crowbar

b)

Pebbles

c)

Skull Prop

d)

Tamping Iron

3.

What does the Broca's area do?

a)

Ability to hear

b)

Ability to speak

c)

Ability to remember

d)

Ability to understand speech

4.

What does Phineas do for 7 years in Chile?

a)

Stagecoach Driver

b)

Work with horses

c)

Perform at a freak show

d)

Travel the world

5.

What does Phineas struggle with after the accident?

a)

Keeping a job

b)

Social interactions

c)

Being inconsistent and unreliable

d)

All of the above

6.

Doctors from which famous university heard about Phineas and invite him to visit?

a)

Duke

b)

Barnum

c)

Harvard

d)

Yale

7.

Who knew more about Phineas's whereabouts?

a)

Dr. Harlow

b)

Hannah Gage

c)

Dr. Bigelow

d)

Dr. MacMillan

8.

Where can you go to see Phineas's skull and tamping iron?

a)

Vermont

b)

Smithsonian

c)

San Francisco

d)

Harvard

9.

Which part of the brain is responsible for breathing and heartbeat?

a)

Cerebellum

b)

Corpus Callosum

c)

Brain Stem

d)

Frontal Lobe

10.

The Whole Brainers believed...

a)

The brain is controlled by humors

b)

The brain acts as one unit or "Cloud"

c)

The brain is not used for intelligence

d)

The brain is made up of organs

11.

The Localizers believed...

a)

The brain acts as one unit or "cloud"

b)

The brain is controlled by humors

c)

The brain has organs that control specific functions

d)

The brain is not used for intelligence

12.

What year did Phineas die?

a)

1848

b)

1852

c)

1866

d)

1860

13.

What is another word for a "fit"?

a)

Hypothermia

b)

Migraine

c)

Infection

d)

Epileptic Seizure

14.

What was the job of a foreman?

a)

To drill holes in the ground

b)

Blast rock

c)

Clear blasted rock

d)

Lay the railroad tracks

15.

What does the Wernicke's area of the brain?

a)

Ability to speak

b)

Ability to hear

c)

Ability to understand speech

d)

Ability to remember

16.

What officially killed Phineas?

a)

Epileptic Seizure

b)

Infection

c)

Coma

d)

Hypothermia

17.

Why did Hannah Gage move to California?

a)

To get away from Phineas

b)

For research

c)

To be with her new husband and daughter

d)

To be with Phineas

18.

What developed by Phineas's eye after the accident?

a)

A black eye

b)

An Abcess

c)

A scab

d)

A bruise

19.

What did not exist in 1848?

a)

Antibiotics

b)

Sanitizer

c)

Hospitals

d)

all of the above

20.

Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron's make-up?

a)

Axon

b)

Axon Terminal

c)

Dendrite

d)

Brain Stem

21.

True or False: Some doctors believed Phineas's injury was a humbug.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Where did Phineas die?

a)

In Cavendish, Vermont

b)

Santa Clara, California

c)

San Francisco, California

d)

New York City, New York

23.

Which part of the brain is responsible for our balance and coordination?

a)

Brain Stem

b)

Frontal Cortex

c)

Occipital Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

24.

True or False: Doctors knew about bacteria in the 1800s

a)

True

b)

False

25.

After Phineas died, what did Dr. Harlow ask Mrs. Gage for?

a)

Phineas Gage's Clothing

b)

Phineas's Skull

c)

Phineas's Tamping Iron

d)

Phineas's Brain

26.

What type of Brain Injury did Phineas have?

a)

Open Brain

b)

Closed Brain

c)

Concussion

d)

Migraine

27.

What did the doctor try to do to help Phineas with his seizures?

a)

Give him anticonvulsants

b)

Give him medication to clean out his system

c)

Bleed Him

d)

Nothing

28.

What year did the accident happen?

a)

1840

b)

1848

c)

1852

d)

1854