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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more likely are people to laugh with others than by themselves?
(a) Fifty times.
(b) Twelve times.
(c) Five times.
(d) Thirty times.

2. What superlative does Brooks use to describe his story in the introduction?
(a) Worst.
(b) Happiest.
(c) Strangest.
(d) Simplest.

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

4. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?
(a) Malcolm Gladwell's.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Norman Mailer's.
(d) Rousseau's.

5. How many children do Brooks' wealthy socialites all have in Chapter 1?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 6, Ms. Taylor has taught Harold to do what?

2. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what large accessory do his social ascendants always have?

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

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

5. Which of the following is not a photo that Antonio Damasio shows Elliot to elicit an emotional reaction?

(see the answer key)

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