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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 the Introduction, Brooks laments that most social policy is based on what understanding of humanity?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Materialist.

2. Why are Rob and Julia concerned at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Rob's mother is sick.
(b) Julia has quit her job.
(c) Harold is lost in his own world.
(d) Harold wants a dog.

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

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

5. What idea for a topic does Harold come up with his first night of writing?
(a) He decides to focus on Odysseus.
(b) He comes up with no ideas.
(c) He decides to focus on the idea of honor.
(d) He narrows down his topics to two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that Harold left to his own devices does not seem what?

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

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

5. According to Brooks in his introduction, what is different about his book compared to the other social science books published in recent years?

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