View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What subject did John Bowlby focus on in addition to children?
(a) Climate.
(b) Economic conditions.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Educators.

3. What rare ability does Harold have in high school society?
(a) He can laugh at an insult.
(b) He can mirror cliques.
(c) He can get A's without studying.
(d) He can speak to girls.

4. What superlative does Brooks use to describe his story in the introduction?
(a) Simplest.
(b) Worst.
(c) Happiest.
(d) Strangest.

5. What Greek term becomes the topic of Harold's paper in Chapter 6?
(a) Anagnorisis.
(b) Thumos.
(c) Hubris.
(d) Catharsis.

6. Which of the following ridiculous items is listed in the homework requirements in Chapter 5?
(a) A brick from the Great Wall.
(b) Algea.
(c) A sloth's toenail.
(d) Half an Ambien.

7. How much more likely are people to laugh with others than by themselves?
(a) Five times.
(b) Fifty times.
(c) Twelve times.
(d) Thirty times.

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

9. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?
(a) Empty vessels.
(b) Fighters.
(c) Robots.
(d) Erratic creatures.

10. In Chapter 3, what does Brooks show that neurons do when we are near someone we are bonded to socially?
(a) Pulse at regular intervals.
(b) Stay dormant.
(c) Charge at faster rates.
(d) Mirror the other person's neurons.

11. According to Brooks in his introduction, what is different about his book compared to the other social science books published in recent years?
(a) It focuses on real individuals.
(b) It focuses on the inner mind.
(c) It focuses on group dynamics.
(d) It focuses on America specifically.

12. What is the first thing Ms. Taylor tells Harold to do to prepare for his paper?
(a) Make flash cards of ideas.
(b) Outline his paper.
(c) Consult a museum.
(d) Read five books.

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

14. How many children do Brooks' wealthy socialites all have in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

15. Why did the delinquents in John Bowlby's study think they were abandoned?
(a) Their parents died.
(b) They were not good enough.
(c) They were sickly.
(d) Their parents were poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Antonio Damasio determines that - without emotion - people lead what type of lives?

2. How many neuron connections does a child make between the ages of two and three?

3. What is the story Julia tells Harold in Chapter 5 about?

4. What does Brooks say his day job is in the introduction?

5. What is the term that Antonio Damasio coins?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 471 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample