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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the introduction, Brooks states that Harold and Erica have what type of skills?
(a) Paranormal skills.
(b) Noncognitive skills.
(c) Rational skills.
(d) Arithmetic skills.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what group of teenagers does Brooks say is discriminated against?
(a) Small, nerdy kids.
(b) Introverted, sensitive kids.
(c) Artsy, dramatic kids.
(d) Attractive, popular kids.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Antonio Damasio have difficulty doing with Elliot?
(a) Completing math problems.
(b) Planning sessions in advance.
(c) Holding his attention.
(d) Playing memory games.

6. What do children lack at an early age?
(a) Spatial reasoning.
(b) Imagination.
(c) The ability to have REM sleep.
(d) An inner voice.

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

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

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

10. What famous intellect does Brooks mention at the end of his introduction?
(a) Hawking.
(b) Hofstadter.
(c) Vidal.
(d) Hume.

11. In the beginning of Chapter 5, to what does Brooks compare Harold's writing on his worksheet?
(a) Morse code.
(b) Typesetting.
(c) A Jackson Pollock.
(d) Sanskrit.

12. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?
(a) It is peripheral.
(b) It is central.
(c) It is totally in tandem.
(d) It has not connection.

13. What Greek term becomes the topic of Harold's paper in Chapter 6?
(a) Anagnorisis.
(b) Hubris.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Thumos.

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

15. Why did the delinquents in John Bowlby's study think they were abandoned?
(a) They were not good enough.
(b) Their parents were poor.
(c) They were sickly.
(d) Their parents died.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what is never found in the homes of the upper-class group?

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

3. What rare ability does Harold have in high school society?

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

5. In Chapter 4, what is Harold's favorite pastimes besides bonding with Julia?

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