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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) Amoral lives.
(b) Foolish lives.
(c) Dull lives.
(d) Rational lives.

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

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

4. According to Brooks in the Introduction what do Harold and Erica inherit?
(a) Their politics.
(b) Their self-images.
(c) Their intellects.
(d) Their capacity to love.

5. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) Meditations.
(b) The Greek Way.
(c) Memoirs of Hadrian.
(d) I, Claudius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Julie insist on keeping on during sex?

4. In the introduction, where does Brooks say the majority of thinking takes place?

5. As he grows in Chapter 4, Harold develops the ability to always quote an appropriate what?

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