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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Collier, an individual should be no different whether working for a huge bonus from someone else, or working for themselves toward their what?

2. The author of Part V, Chapter 15 recounts his experience in the garden of whom?

3. What is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena?

4. When was "Secret of the Ages" published?

5. According to Collier, in order to be successful an individual must be a careful guardian of his Mental Attitude, by incorporating ideas and behaviors that are what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor does Collier use to describe desire in Part II, Chapter 2?

2. What example does Collier use to demonstrate the Law of Ambition in Part II, Chapter 2?

3. How does Collier define Positive and Negative in terms of Attitude?

4. How does desire differentiate between employees and individuals, according to Collier?

5. What is Collier's position about man's ability to fulfill his dreams?

6. What, according to Collier, is the most God-like ability man possesses?

7. What does Collier write of the man who flees God?

8. What is the first component which creativity is broken down into in Part V, Chapter 17?

9. What is desire the key to, according to Collier?

10. What does Alex Osborn write about in Part V, Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Apostles, Joan of Arc, Andrew Carnegie and other success stories cited in Part V, Chapter 14. What did each of these examples have in common?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Collier's definitions of Ambition and Desire. How are the two related?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Selwyn James' interpretation of Imagination. Do you agree with his assertion? Why or why not?

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