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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, we cannot control when an emotion strikes or which emotion will strike, but we can control what?
(a) When to have no emotion at all.
(b) The length of the distressing emotion.
(c) The intensity of that emotion.
(d) The switch to a different emotion.

2. What does “EI” stand for?
(a) Emotional Intelligence.
(b) Evolved Intelligence.
(c) Enlightened Intelligence.
(d) Euphoric Intelligence.

3. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 5, “Passion's Slaves,” anger, if not cut off, will fuel itself into what?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Rage.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Depression.

4. What part of the brain interprets the world through the sense of smell?
(a) The brainstem.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The olfactory lobe.
(d) The neocortex.

5. John Mayer names three styles of handling one’s emotions. What is the second?
(a) The self-aware.
(b) The engulfed.
(c) The accepting.
(d) The justified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What test did Walter Mischel devise in the 1960s?

2. What surrounds the brain stem like a ring providing improved tools for survival such as learning and memory?

3. During an emotional hijacking, emotions interfere with what, also known as the ability to take in and process information?

4. When was Daniel Goleman born?

5. According to the author in Part Two: Chapter 6, “The Master Aptitude,” the superior achievement of Asian-Americans comes more from what than from IQ?

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