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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What harsh, inhospitable climate does Collier use as an example in Part VI, Chapter 24?
(a) Iceland.
(b) The Yukon.
(c) New England.
(d) Alaska.

2. In Part IV, Chapter 10, Collier reminds the reader how the American military uses the method of playing recordings of what to soldiers just as they are falling asleep?
(a) Foreign languages.
(b) Drill sergeants.
(c) Poems.
(d) Bombs exploding.

3. Collier states that what develops the mental courage and physical stamina of the average individual?
(a) Their childhood.
(b) Financial stability.
(c) Difficult situations in life.
(d) Their level of comfort.

4. Who was already a millionaire before he actually hired someone to give him the education he felt he needed?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) John D. Rockefeller.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. What uneducated men accomplished work that is still unequaled, according to Collier?
(a) The Greek philosophers.
(b) The Conquistadors.
(c) The Apostles.
(d) The Israelites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Collier presents his belief that man's Creative Power is a form of his Personal Power, which is derived from what?

2. What individual does Collier describe who won a contest put on by Nautilus Magazine in Part III, Chapter 9?

3. According to Collier, in the act of being Creative, man participates in what?

4. What refers to treatment of a sick person through the supposed power of religious belief?

5. What metaphor does Collier use in Part V, Chapter 21 that has been known, over time, to crack and displace heavy concrete rock?

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