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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Brooks say his day job is in the introduction?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Writing about politics.
(c) Giving paid lectures.
(d) Speaking on television.

3. What does Ms. Taylor want to match each student to?
(a) A book.
(b) A perfect song.
(c) A life goal.
(d) A lover.

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

5. In the introduction, where does Brooks say the majority of thinking takes place?
(a) The superego.
(b) The inner mind.
(c) China.
(d) Universities.

6. What unnerving assignment does Ms. Taylor give Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) Show is reasearch to his parents.
(b) Attend a play.
(c) Keep a journal.
(d) Call her each night.

7. Which Greek figure does Harold compare himself to in his journal when discussing anger?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

10. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that Harold left to his own devices does not seem what?
(a) Bored.
(b) Encumbered.
(c) Self-conscious.
(d) Happy.

11. What sport does Brooks associate with the children of his establishment set in Chapter 1?
(a) Polo.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Uneven bars.
(d) Rugby.

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

13. 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 Kerry Class.
(c) The Composure Class.
(d) The Organic Class.

14. Which of the following is not a photo that Antonio Damasio shows Elliot to elicit an emotional reaction?
(a) A flood.
(b) An earthquake area.
(c) A nude woman.
(d) A accident scene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?

2. According to Brooks in Chapter 4, early childhood is when Harold does what fastest?

3. Whose parents are Rob and Julia?

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

5. What subject did John Bowlby focus on in addition to children?

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