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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Brooks in the Introduction what do Harold and Erica inherit?
(a) Their intellects.
(b) Their self-images.
(c) Their politics.
(d) Their capacity to love.

2. Based on a misunderstanding with his parents in Chapter 5, what does Harold fear will happen if he does not behave?
(a) He won't get to go to school.
(b) His hands will be cut off.
(c) He'll be sent to China.
(d) He will be starved.

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

4. In Chapter 8, what step does Brooks suggest is most important to decision-making?
(a) Perception.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Execution.
(d) Calculation.

5. In Chapter 10, Brooks talks about Karl Popper's theory of what?
(a) Valentines and vices.
(b) Sharks and pandas.
(c) Clock and clouds.
(d) Mounts and burrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erica decide to do at the end of Chapter 10?

2. On the same day Harold meets Erica, his friend, Mark, offers him a job doing what?

3. When Walter Mischel repeated his marshmallow experiment year later, what did he use instead of a marshmallow?

4. In Chapter 13, Harold ruminates that certain pagans considered what to be a god?

5. Where do Raymond and Erica present their proposals in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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