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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Rob and Julia concerned at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Harold is lost in his own world.
(b) Rob's mother is sick.
(c) Harold wants a dog.
(d) Julia has quit her job.

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

4. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, what is never found in the homes of the upper-class group?
(a) Children.
(b) A stand up shower.
(c) Food.
(d) A television.

5. As he grows in Chapter 4, Harold develops the ability to always quote an appropriate what?
(a) Music lyric.
(b) Grocery price.
(c) Bedtime story.
(d) Political quote.

6. Which of the following ridiculous items is listed in the homework requirements in Chapter 5?
(a) A brick from the Great Wall.
(b) Half an Ambien.
(c) Algea.
(d) A sloth's toenail.

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

8. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Brooks say Julia has had trouble letting go of?
(a) Her desire to sing professionally.
(b) Her party girl persona.
(c) Her old car.
(d) Her security blanket.

9. How many neuron connections does a child make between the ages of two and three?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 45,000
(d) 1,000

10. In Chapter 3, what does Brooks show that neurons do when we are near someone we are bonded to socially?
(a) Pulse at regular intervals.
(b) Charge at faster rates.
(c) Stay dormant.
(d) Mirror the other person's neurons.

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

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

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

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

15. According to Brooks in Chapter 1, everyone likes to believe that he/she is what?
(a) Unique.
(b) Self-decrecating.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Sly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Damasio determines that people's unconscious selves draw on what to function?

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

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

4. What terms does Brooks use at the beginning of Chapter 1 to describe the upper-middle class liberal socialites of today?

5. What essential activity do Rob and Julie disagree on in Chapter 2?

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