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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Julia calls Harold half cupid, half what?
(a) Storm trooper.
(b) Black hole.
(c) Professor.
(d) Lord Fontleroy.

2. In Chapter 4, what is Harold's favorite pastimes besides bonding with Julia?
(a) Riding the dog.
(b) Bonding with Rob.
(c) Pulling things off tables.
(d) Sleeping.

3. In Chapter 10, what does Harrison value above all else?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Intellect.

4. What separates us from animals, according to Brooks in the introduction?
(a) Our ability to form social bonds.
(b) Our ability to use tools.
(c) Our ability to use language.
(d) Our ability to rationalize.

5. Which of the following is not a photo that Antonio Damasio shows Elliot to elicit an emotional reaction?
(a) An earthquake area.
(b) A nude woman.
(c) A flood.
(d) A accident scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her junior and senior years, what does Erica put at the center of her focus in order to control her temper?

2. Who eventually defends Erica's choice to leave for college in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 9, Erica determines that society is a series of overlying what?

4. What terms does Brooks use at the beginning of Chapter 1 to describe the upper-middle class liberal socialites of today?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Brooks assert as a primary difference between humans and other animals?

(see the answer key)

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