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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Making of Meaning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One must also change one's ___________ to external conditions in order to change the course of one's life.
(a) Reactions.
(b) Purposes.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Truth.

2. What is the first reaction of the manager who has been passed over for a promotion in the company, in the author's example?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

3. The __________ system does not allow the ability to expand the consciousness to such a high degree.
(a) School.
(b) Goverment.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Therapy.

4. What would be the result if the mind did not attempt to put the experiences it has in some sort of order?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Depression.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Psychotic break.

5. One of the most rewarding and complex relationships one will ever deal with is that of _____________.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Children.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Others may think a person who turns down a promotion to be __________, but this person may have simply decided that the stress and responsibility were too much.

2. The author points out that there are events in one's life which may escape a person's _________________.

3. The mind tends to wander to the most __________ thoughts that are current residing in the brain when it is not fully captured.

4. What is NOT one of the areas that the author cites has having altered the course of during the book?

5. An event that conflicts with the self can wreak havoc until the ________ accepts or rejects appropriate behaviors and attitudes.

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