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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?
(a) A moral process.
(b) A liminoid process.
(c) A mental process.
(d) A physical process.

2. In Chapter 3, what does Brooks show that neurons do when we are near someone we are bonded to socially?
(a) Mirror the other person's neurons.
(b) Pulse at regular intervals.
(c) Charge at faster rates.
(d) Stay dormant.

3. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?
(a) Norman Mailer's.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Malcolm Gladwell's.
(d) Rousseau's.

4. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) I, Claudius.
(b) Meditations.
(c) The Greek Way.
(d) Memoirs of Hadrian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Brooks laments that most social policy is based on what understanding of humanity?

2. According to Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, how many pieces of information can the unconscious mind take in?

3. What essential activity do Rob and Julie disagree on in Chapter 2?

4. Why are Rob and Julia concerned at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What does Brooks say both Julia and Rob worry about doing when they meet?

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