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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?
(a) Erratic creatures.
(b) Empty vessels.
(c) Robots.
(d) Fighters.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?
(a) A mental process.
(b) A liminoid process.
(c) A moral process.
(d) A physical process.

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

7. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, what surprises all people when they meet a possible mate?
(a) How little most people know about politics.
(b) How everyone orders the same first meal.
(c) How difficult it is to seduce someone.
(d) How much they have in common.

8. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, where does all the furniture of the upper class liberal group come from?
(a) Pier One.
(b) Ethan Allen.
(c) Ikea.
(d) Crate and Barrel.

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

10. According to Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, how many pieces of information can the unconscious mind take in?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 6 million.

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

12. How many characters does Brooks say he will focus on in "The Social Animal"?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Two.

13. By the end of Chapter 6, Ms. Taylor has taught Harold to do what?
(a) Learn.
(b) Experience life.
(c) Read.
(d) Let go.

14. In Chapter 4, what is Harold's favorite pastimes besides bonding with Julia?
(a) Pulling things off tables.
(b) Riding the dog.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Bonding with Rob.

15. In the Introduction, Brooks laments that most social policy is based on what understanding of humanity?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Materialist.
(d) Rationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the story Julia tells Harold in Chapter 5 about?

2. How many children do Brooks' wealthy socialites all have in Chapter 1?

3. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, everyone likes to believe that he/she is what?

4. Regarding our ability to process emotion and stimuli, to what does Brooks compare human beings?

5. According to James LeDoux in Chapter 1, what is the relationship of the conscious mind to emotion?

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