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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What release is a crucial component of the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system?
(a) Carbohydrate.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Carbon Dioxide.
(d) Adrenaline.

2. What name refers to the groups of nuclei in the limbic system which store emotional memory assigning meaning to feelings?
(a) The neocortex.
(b) The brainstem.
(c) The amygdala.
(d) The olfactory lobe.

3. Worriers believe they are planning ahead to ward off danger, but in fact, the act of worrying prevents them from what, according to the author?
(a) Objective thinking.
(b) Neural hijacking.
(c) Fight or flight.
(d) Self-awareness.

4. Venting anger generally does what, according to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves”?
(a) Fuels it.
(b) Acknowledges it.
(c) Justifies it.
(d) Reduces it.

5. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?
(a) When to have no emotion at all.
(b) The intensity of that emotion.
(c) The length of the distressing emotion.
(d) The switch to a different emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?

2. Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer define emotional intelligence into five categories. What is the second category?

3. What is the first part of the human fetal brain to develop?

4. Howard Gardner works at what institution?

5. Decision making involves balancing the emotional and the what?

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