Part Two

7. In Dr. Zimbardo’s survey, ____________ of people said shyness was undesirable.

a. 70%

b. 79%

c. 75%

8. One example of situation or momentary shyness not mentioned by Philip Zimbardo is ________

a. going on a blind date

b. playing the piano in public

c. speaking in public

9. Quasimodo is the hunchback in Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Zimbardo compares shyness to Quasimodo’s hump because ______________

a. everyone notices it

b. you always carry it with you

c. it’s a chronic disease

10. Zimbardo feels that shy people should be aware that nearly _________ of the population is shy.

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 40%

11. According to Dr. Zimbardo, when you are too shy, people may assume you are also _________

a. unintelligent

b. motivated

c. unattractive

12. Philip Zimbardo tells Alex Chadwick that he is not shy because he is the oldest child in a _____

a. small Italian family

b. large Italian family

c. large Greek family

LISTENING BETWEEN THE LINES

Read the following questions. Then listen to each excerpt from the interview. Discuss your answers with the class.

Excerpt One

1) What does Zimbardo mean by “at one level”? What is the “other level”?

2) How do competitiveness and testing contribute to shyness in America?

3) I agree/don’t agree with Zimbardo’s point about competition and shyness because…