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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Erica confide in regarding her tantrum in Chapter 8?
(a) Her coach.
(b) The head of the Academy.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Brooks say both Julia and Rob worry about doing when they meet?
(a) Coming off as aloof.
(b) Coming off as cocky.
(c) Coming off as desperate.
(d) Coming off as dumb.

3. How many neuron connections does a child make between the ages of two and three?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 1,000
(d) 45,000

4. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, what surprises all people when they meet a possible mate?
(a) How everyone orders the same first meal.
(b) How difficult it is to seduce someone.
(c) How much they have in common.
(d) How little most people know about politics.

5. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?
(a) It has not connection.
(b) It is totally in tandem.
(c) It is peripheral.
(d) It is central.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tennis star does Brooks compare Erica to in Chapter 8?

2. What superlative does Brooks use to describe his story in the introduction?

3. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what large accessory do his social ascendants always have?

4. How many children do Brooks' wealthy socialites all have in Chapter 1?

5. What idea for a topic does Harold come up with his first night of writing?

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