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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude,” the superior achievement of Asian-Americans comes more from what than from IQ?
(a) Culture and music.
(b) Politics and religion.
(c) Genetics and environment.
(d) Effort and determination.

2. Dolf Zillmann found that the universal trigger for anger is what?
(a) A sense of empathy.
(b) A sense of enlightenment.
(c) A sense of endangerment.
(d) A sense of entitlement.

3. What type of specialist is Dr. Antonio Damasio?
(a) Neurologist.
(b) Physicist.
(c) Biologist.
(d) Arborist.

4. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?
(a) Rage.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Depression.

5. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the third?
(a) The engulfed.
(b) The accepting.
(c) The justified.
(d) The self-aware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howard Gardner works at what institution?

2. The neocortex is the "seat of” what, according to the author in Part One: Chapter 1, “What Are Emotions For?”

3. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?

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

5. In a study by psychologist Martin Seligman, salesmen who were optimists sold how much more insurance in their first two years on the job than did pessimists?

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