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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Damasio determines that people's unconscious selves draw on what to function?
(a) Stimuli.
(b) Pheromones.
(c) Intellectual formulations.
(d) Past experiences.

2. What unnerving assignment does Ms. Taylor give Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) Call her each night.
(b) Keep a journal.
(c) Show is reasearch to his parents.
(d) Attend a play.

3. What sport does Brooks associate with the children of his establishment set in Chapter 1?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Uneven bars.
(c) Polo.
(d) Lacrosse.

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

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

6. What is Ms. Taylor's tactic for making children learn?
(a) She teaches them to take pleasure in it.
(b) She pays them.
(c) She drills information into them.
(d) She uses references to popular culture.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what group of teenagers does Brooks say is discriminated against?
(a) Artsy, dramatic kids.
(b) Introverted, sensitive kids.
(c) Small, nerdy kids.
(d) Attractive, popular kids.

8. 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 pool.
(c) A huge dog.
(d) A huge television.

9. What subject does Ms. Taylor teach?
(a) History.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) English.

10. What does Brooks say his day job is in the introduction?
(a) Giving paid lectures.
(b) Speaking on television.
(c) Writing about politics.
(d) Teaching.

11. After Rob and Luis get married in Chapter 1, what task does Rob always insist on handling?
(a) Planning vacations.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Fixing things.
(d) Choosing movies.

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

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

14. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, everyone likes to believe that he/she is what?
(a) Self-decrecating.
(b) Sly.
(c) Unique.
(d) Compassionate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding our ability to process emotion and stimuli, to what does Brooks compare human beings?

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

3. According to Brooks in his introduction, what is different about his book compared to the other social science books published in recent years?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Brooks say Julia has had trouble letting go of?

5. What is the term that Antonio Damasio coins?

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