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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brooks say both Julia and Rob worry about doing when they meet?
(a) Coming off as desperate.
(b) Coming off as aloof.
(c) Coming off as dumb.
(d) Coming off as cocky.

2. What Greek term becomes the topic of Harold's paper in Chapter 6?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Anagnorisis.
(c) Hubris.
(d) Thumos.

3. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) I, Claudius.
(b) Meditations.
(c) Memoirs of Hadrian.
(d) The Greek Way.

4. What subject did John Bowlby focus on in addition to children?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Climate.
(c) Economic conditions.
(d) Educators.

5. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, what surprises all people when they meet a possible mate?
(a) How everyone orders the same first meal.
(b) How difficult it is to seduce someone.
(c) How much they have in common.
(d) How little most people know about politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Brooks show that neurons do when we are near someone we are bonded to socially?

2. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Antonio Damasio have difficulty doing with Elliot?

4. According to Brooks in Chapter 4, early childhood is when Harold does what fastest?

5. What separates us from animals, according to Brooks in the introduction?

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