Phineas Gage Quiz Ch. 1-3

How was Phineas Gage's brain injured?

• Car Accident

• He fell from a bridge

• A iron tamping rod went through his head

• A fight with a coworker

Where and when did Phineas' accident take place?

• Carpenter, Vermont, in 1858

• Harlow, Vermont, in 1948

• Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848

• Boston, Massachusetts, in 1948

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What should have killed Phineas?

• The rod through his head

• Shock from the injury

• Blood loss

• Brain Swelling

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Why did the author include the story about the pebbles on page 19?

• To show the value of pebbles

• To show how generous Dr. Harlow was

• To show that Phineas wasn't fully recovered

• To prove that Phineas could not do math

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How did Dr. Harlow save Phineas?

• Kept his wounds clean

• Covered the wounds

• Watched for signs of infection (inflammation, pus, or smell)

• he drained the abscess above his eye

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How had Phineas changed according to page 20?

• He was totally the same

• He had lost his vision in his left eye

• He had a scar on his forehead and under his cheekbone

• He changes his mind minute to minute

• He became really nice and never cursed

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Doctors knew what bacteria could do in 1848

• True

• False

____________ believe that the brain had separate "organs"

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What did this group believe would happen if part of your brain was injured?

• The damage is limited to specific "organs" that were injured

• The person will live if the "organs" that are damaged are not critical to life

• The damaged organs no longer have influence on the person

• All of the above

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__________________ believe that the brain is interconnected.