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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Brooks in Chapter 9, modern social scientists say that geniuses are what?
(a) Fated.
(b) Built.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Mythological.

2. E.O. Wilson believes individuals are born with what?
(a) A future predetermined.
(b) A social stratus.
(c) A personality.
(d) A political viewpoint.

3. In Chapter 9, what do both sides of Erica's family expect of her after the Academy?
(a) She will stay near her family.
(b) She will go to an Ivy League school.
(c) She will live in China.
(d) She will join the military.

4. What nearly happened to Erica at age 10?
(a) She nearly lost her mother.
(b) She nearly got arrested.
(c) She nearly died.
(d) She was nearly sent to China.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Brooks say Julia has had trouble letting go of?

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

3. What does Brooks call the new stage of life?

4. In the Introduction, Brooks laments that most social policy is based on what understanding of humanity?

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

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