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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rare ability does Harold have in high school society?
(a) He can speak to girls.
(b) He can mirror cliques.
(c) He can get A's without studying.
(d) He can laugh at an insult.

2. Which Greek figure does Harold compare himself to in his journal when discussing anger?
(a) Hector.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that Harold left to his own devices does not seem what?
(a) Encumbered.
(b) Happy.
(c) Self-conscious.
(d) Bored.

4. According to Brooks in the Introduction what do Harold and Erica inherit?
(a) Their politics.
(b) Their capacity to love.
(c) Their self-images.
(d) Their intellects.

5. What essential activity do Rob and Julie disagree on in Chapter 2?
(a) Driving habits.
(b) Hanging toilet paper.
(c) Setting the table.
(d) Which newspaper to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Damasio determines that people's unconscious selves draw on what to function?

2. What do children lack at an early age?

3. In the introduction, Brooks states that Harold and Erica have what type of skills?

4. How many neuron connections does a child make between the ages of two and three?

5. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what is never found in the homes of the upper-class group?

(see the answer key)

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