Use reasoning to lead to the answer of the following question:
The fact that Joe was able to memorize the list in spite of his apparent state proved that part of his brain was what?\nOptions:\n- awake\n- repeat\n- sleeping\n- concentrate\n- read aloud

awake
The state that John's brain is was bad despite of which he could memorize shows a part was still working.

A part of brain can be awake which means functioning.

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Thus, the answer is awake