Although Mr

question 540

Multiple Choice

Although Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget unimportant information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages. Mr. S was a professional memorizer, or

• A)telepath.
• B)mnemonist.
• C)medium.
• D)psychic.

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