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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unnerving assignment does Ms. Taylor give Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) Keep a journal.
(b) Show is reasearch to his parents.
(c) Attend a play.
(d) Call her each night.

2. How does Brooks describe Harold's intelligence in Chapter 6?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Average.
(c) Enigmatic.
(d) Deficient.

3. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what large accessory do his social ascendants always have?
(a) A huge pool.
(b) A huge dog.
(c) A huge unvarnished dining table.
(d) A huge television.

4. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?
(a) Rousseau's.
(b) Malcolm Gladwell's.
(c) Norman Mailer's.
(d) Plato's.

5. In Chapter 4, Harold illustrates his ability to abstract by saying he is what?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A giant.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that Harold left to his own devices does not seem what?

2. What does Brooks say both Julia and Rob worry about doing when they meet?

3. What essential activity do Rob and Julie disagree on in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, Damasio determines that people's unconscious selves draw on what to function?

5. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wisdom about teaching teenagers does Ms. Taylor possess?

2. What does Damasio determine about living without emotion in Chapter 1?

3. How did Brooks come up with the idea of telling a story to illustrate his social critique?

4. How does Ms. Taylor permanently affect Harold's life?

5. How does Brooks use the meeting of Julia and Rob to illustrate the surprise of similarities?

6. According to Brooks, what separates us from other animals?

7. Who is Elliot, and how did he become involved with Antonio Damasio?

8. What is Harold's goal from conception on?

9. According to Brooks in the introduction, why are Harold and Erica so successful?

10. How does Brooks describe the day-to-day life of the Composure Class?

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