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

2. At the beginning of the introduction, Brooks assures the reader that his protagonists are not what?
(a) Geniuses.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Socialists.

3. In Chapter 1, Antonio Damasio determines that - without emotion - people lead what type of lives?
(a) Foolish lives.
(b) Amoral lives.
(c) Dull lives.
(d) Rational lives.

4. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, everyone likes to believe that he/she is what?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Unique.
(c) Self-decrecating.
(d) Sly.

5. In the introduction, where does Brooks say the majority of thinking takes place?
(a) The superego.
(b) China.
(c) The inner mind.
(d) Universities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?

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

3. What does Brooks say his day job is in the introduction?

4. How does Elliot lose his capacity to feel emotion in Chapter 1?

5. After Rob and Luis get married in Chapter 1, what task does Rob always insist on handling?

(see the answer key)

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