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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. ___________ are a crucial way to develop social skills outside of the family unit, according to the author.
(a) Schools.
(b) Workplaces.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Romantic relationships.

2. No matter what happens in life, many experts do believe that people are able to adjust and eventually will be able to find _________ once more.
(a) Truth.
(b) Flow.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pain.

3. It is useless to memorize items that ________________, as one will not retain the knowledge.
(a) Are silly.
(b) Are too simple to remember.
(c) Are for children.
(d) Never be used.

4. Those who are forced into solitude can be traumatized because their ______________ has been diminished in the eyes of society.
(a) Personal worth.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Social value.

5. To experience optimal flow, one must find a _____________ in the work and achieve all that can be achieved.
(a) Position.
(b) Love.
(c) Ally.
(d) Purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the most popular ways that people force feed the brain is by ______________, according to the author.

2. A person can realize that forcing their ___________ upon external situations is often fruitless for them.

3. Optimal flow does not present _________ conditions on where it may reside, according to the author.

4. 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.

5. ____________ are seen as a type of hero and are often the recipients of admiration by their peers.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two basic responses to stress that people tend to fall into when they are faced with such a challenge?

2. What does the author say that solitude can provide to a person who seeks it out?

3. Why might turning down a promotion to a higher paying job be a better idea for some?

4. What does the author believe happens when the mind doesn't have any real demands for its attention?

5. What does striving for flow seem like for a person who is having trouble making ends meet in his life?

6. What happens to those people in a society who are shunned and taken out of the community where they live?

7. What does each person have to determine for himself in relation to work and how much to work?

8. What is a more compelling way to occupy the mind and to expand the consciousness of the mind?

9. What can the use of one's memory help a person do in his life?

10. What did Sigmund Freud have to say about the recipe for happiness; what it includes in his opinion?

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