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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Antonio Damasio determines that - without emotion - people lead what type of lives?
(a) Dull lives.
(b) Amoral lives.
(c) Foolish lives.
(d) Rational lives.

2. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?
(a) It is peripheral.
(b) It is totally in tandem.
(c) It is central.
(d) It has not connection.

3. What is laughter's major purpose, according to Brooks?
(a) Communicating directions.
(b) Forming bonds.
(c) Showing respect.
(d) Disarming foes.

4. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what large accessory do his social ascendants always have?
(a) A huge unvarnished dining table.
(b) A huge dog.
(c) A huge pool.
(d) A huge television.

5. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?
(a) Rousseau's.
(b) Norman Mailer's.
(c) Plato's.
(d) Malcolm Gladwell's.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 5, what regular event is a constant trauma in Harold's life?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what group of teenagers does Brooks say is discriminated against?

3. In the introduction, Brooks says a study of the inner mind highlights the capacity of humanity to do what?

4. By the end of Chapter 6, Ms. Taylor has taught Harold to do what?

5. What did John Bowlby determine was key to a child's development?

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