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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Ms. Taylor tells Harold to do to prepare for his paper?
(a) Make flash cards of ideas.
(b) Consult a museum.
(c) Read five books.
(d) Outline his paper.

3. What terms does Brooks use at the beginning of Chapter 1 to describe the upper-middle class liberal socialites of today?
(a) The Jackson Hole Class.
(b) The Composure Class.
(c) The Kerry Class.
(d) The Organic Class.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Brooks say Julia has had trouble letting go of?
(a) Her security blanket.
(b) Her party girl persona.
(c) Her desire to sing professionally.
(d) Her old car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brooks describe Harold's intelligence in Chapter 6?

2. Why did the delinquents in John Bowlby's study think they were abandoned?

3. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that there is little connection between a child's ability to complete homework and what?

4. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, where does all the furniture of the upper class liberal group come from?

5. What is laughter's major purpose, according to Brooks?

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