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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice #20  

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. Which of the following words or phrases might you most expect to be used to characterize someone who especially values the PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE  theme ?

1)  spontaneous                     2) aggressive             3) deliberate 

4)    self controlled                5) task oriented 

2.  Which of the following characterizations is most strongly linked to someone who especially values the RATIONAL/ DISPASSIONATE  theme ? 

1)  "shoots from the hip"         2)  "a live wire"              3) "measured"  

4)  "goes with the flow"           5) "abrupt rather than introspective"

3. _______________________ is not something that one might reasonably associate with someone whose behavior indicates he or she values the PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE theme. 

1) jealousy                  2) anger                  3) love                 4) envy                        5) patience                                        

4.  Someone who values the RATIONAL/ DISPASSIONATE theme over the PASSIONATELY IMPULSIVE theme would not be expected to fully appreciate _________________________. 

1) the need for scientists to leave their emotions behind before entering the lab        2) rationalism

3) the role of the opportunity cost concept in decision-making                     

4) the anguish and suffering that precedes and inspires many creative works of art, music, and literature     

5)  stoic serenity 

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "a quality of something that triggers feelings of sympathy, pity."

1) stolid                                       2)        apathy                         3) vivacity  

4)  pathos                                      5) none of the above 

  

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "calm, not showing emotion; objective,  lacking in bias."

1) apathetic                                       2)  impetuous                                3)  pathos 

4)   vivacious                                     5) dispassionate  

  

7.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "impassive, lethargic, slow, showing little emotion."

1)  apathetic                                      2)  vivacious                               3)    stolid

4)  dispassionate                                      5) impetuous

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8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "impulsive, rash, hastily done."

1)  apathetic                                      2) impetuous                                3)   vivacious

4)  stolid                                            5) pathos

  

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "full of life, animated, spirited."

1)    apathetic                                    2)   animism                               3)  vivacious 

4)    impetuous                                    5) stolid

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10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "lacking in feeling, emotion or concern."

1)  apathetic                                      2)  stolid                               3)  pathos 

4)   dispassionate                                     5) vivacious

  

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