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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. Flow is less likely to occur when a cultural aspect does not match a person's ________ in life.
(a) Learning.
(b) Desires.
(c) Attitudes.
(d) Friends.

2. The oracle at Delphi portrayed infinite wisdom when it advised one to "____________."
(a) To be or not to be.
(b) To thine own self be true.
(c) Learn to witness.
(d) Know thyself.

3. Through experience, the self will be able to build and to recognize a hierarchy of _________ for life.
(a) Promises.
(b) Goals.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Loves.

4. In order to understand the idea of flow, a person needs to be aware of the __________ to personal fulfillment.
(a) Money.
(b) Road.
(c) Obstacles.
(d) Questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The definition of happiness, according to the author, doesn't really matter in the big _________.

2. There are some people who find little to no distinction between work and ___________ time, which is becoming less and less today.

3. The __________ system does not allow the ability to expand the consciousness to such a high degree.

4. The nature of our nervous system requires the mind to take each event as it is happening and put it into __________.

5. The Amish have a tradition of _________ people who misbehave or who break the law within their tradition.

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