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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. One can almost experience flow before a ____________ event because of the love of the art.
(a) Tragic.
(b) Family.
(c) Sporting.
(d) Memorable.

2. The author points out that there are events in one's life which may escape a person's _________________.
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Bank account.
(c) Truth.
(d) Consciousness.

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

4. The author believes that without _____________, one can not measure success and thus enjoyment will not be complete.
(a) Praise.
(b) Feedback.
(c) Friends.
(d) Goals.

5. 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) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Joy.
(d) Confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is true that there will always be external forces that demand our _____________ and cause stress in our lives.

2. Most fakirs and practitioners of other mental disciplines do not hold up to ______________.

3. Any action which requires attention from a person will results in the removal of the ability to fully __________ on other things.

4. Consciousness will always allow random thoughts and events to creep in, even if one is currently ______________.

5. Another condition of flow is how the __________ affects a person's goals and desires for their lives.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Csikszentmihalyi mean when he talks about the idea of an autotelic person?

2. What are some of the ways in which people find happiness, according to the author in the book?

3. When does psychic entropy occur, according to the author when speaking of the presence of self?

4. What does the author think would happen if a person did not have a consciousness?

5. How are people's perceptions affected, according to the author of this book?

6. What does the author want people to realize about the idea of challenges?

7. Since it is not necessarily the events in one's life that cause happiness, what does the author propose causes the happiness around events?

8. What are the two main strategies, according to the author, for improving one's life?

9. How does the author say that happiness can be achieved, as he does not believe it is an unattainable goal?

10. What is the difference between pleasure and enjoyment, according to the author of the book?

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