WHY WE LOVE

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.

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.

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.

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

ponderings

• ruminations

• besotted

• ecstasy

• cogitation

• caveats

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

infatuated

• ruminations

• besotted

• ecstasy

• cogitation

• caveats

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

bliss

• ruminations

• besotted

• ecstasy

• cogitation

• caveats

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

contemplation

• caveats

• cogitation

• ecstasy

• besotted

• ruminations

Match each vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym:

stipulations

• caveats

• ruminations

• ecstasy

• cogitation

• besotted

Match each brain chemical with the effect it causes:

dopamine

• ecstasy

• obsession

• increased memory

• OCD

• increased testosterone

Match each brain chemical with the effect it causes:

serotonin

• ecstasy

• obsession

• increased memory

• OCD

• increased testosterone