WHY WE LOVE
Authored by KARLA HEERMAN
English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is most likely the author’s intent by beginning with a quote from Homer’s The Iliad?
A. She is using this as evidence to prove that brain chemistry changes when one experiences passion.
B. She wants to show that love has been influencing people for centuries.
C. She believes that the intensity of feelings surrounding love began in ancient Greece.
D. She is sharing a story about love that will move the reader into experiencing the same feelings.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following choices best explains why the author cannot say for certain how romantic love affects levels of serotonin in the brain?
A. There has not been a purely neurological study examining the relationship between the two.
B. Some evidence suggests that romantic love increases serotonin and other evidence suggests it decreases serotonin.
C. Serotonin does not have strong effects on the brain compared to dopamine and norepinephrine.
D. There is a possibility that study subjects were not actually in love, but rather just suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?
A. Love will always remain mysterious and inaccessible to scientific inquiries.
B. Romantic passion has as many negative consequences on a person as it does positive effects.
C. Homer understood that love has specific chemical effects on how a person’s brain functions.
D. A person in love should be treated the same way as people who are suffering from addiction.
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:
ponderings
ruminations
besotted
ecstasy
cogitation
caveats
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:
infatuated
ruminations
besotted
ecstasy
cogitation
caveats
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:
bliss
ruminations
besotted
ecstasy
cogitation
caveats
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:
contemplation
caveats
cogitation
ecstasy
besotted
ruminations
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
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