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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through introduction; Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding our ability to process emotion and stimuli, to what does Brooks compare human beings?
(a) Heathrow.
(b) Grand Central Station.
(c) Laguardia.
(d) King's Cross.

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

3. How does Elliot lose his capacity to feel emotion in Chapter 1?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He is in a car accident.
(c) He suffers a stroke.
(d) He has an aneurysm.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Antonio Damasio have difficulty doing with Elliot?
(a) Planning sessions in advance.
(b) Completing math problems.
(c) Holding his attention.
(d) Playing memory games.

5. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what is never found in the homes of the upper-class group?
(a) A television.
(b) A stand up shower.
(c) Food.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction, Brooks states that Harold and Erica have what type of skills?

2. In Chapter 1, Damasio determines that people's unconscious selves draw on what to function?

3. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, what surprises all people when they meet a possible mate?

4. What superlative does Brooks use to describe his story in the introduction?

5. At the beginning of the introduction, Brooks assures the reader that his protagonists are not what?

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