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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through introduction; Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding our ability to process emotion and stimuli, to what does Brooks compare human beings?
(a) Heathrow.
(b) Laguardia.
(c) King's Cross.
(d) Grand Central Station.

2. After Rob and Luis get married in Chapter 1, what task does Rob always insist on handling?
(a) Planning vacations.
(b) Choosing movies.
(c) Fixing things.
(d) Cooking dinner.

3. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, where does all the furniture of the upper class liberal group come from?
(a) Pier One.
(b) Ethan Allen.
(c) Ikea.
(d) Crate and Barrel.

4. According to Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, how many pieces of information can the unconscious mind take in?
(a) 11 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 6 million.

5. What separates us from animals, according to Brooks in the introduction?
(a) Our ability to form social bonds.
(b) Our ability to use language.
(c) Our ability to use tools.
(d) Our ability to rationalize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose parents are Rob and Julia?

2. In the introduction, Brooks says a study of the inner mind highlights the capacity of humanity to do what?

3. At the beginning of the introduction, Brooks assures the reader that his protagonists are not what?

4. How many characters does Brooks say he will focus on in "The Social Animal"?

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

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