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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Brooks in Chapter 9, a disproportionate number of ambitious people live with what?
(a) A fear of abandonment.
(b) A desire to exercise.
(c) An inflated self-image.
(d) A need for spiritual happiness.

2. What does Erica particularly admire about Raymond in Chapter 16?
(a) His self-awareness.
(b) His sense of loyalty.
(c) His work ethic.
(d) His intelligence.

3. In Chapter 9, what do both sides of Erica's family expect of her after the Academy?
(a) She will join the military.
(b) She will go to an Ivy League school.
(c) She will live in China.
(d) She will stay near her family.

4. According to Brooks in Chapter 9, modern social scientists say that geniuses are what?
(a) Fated.
(b) Built.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Mythological.

5. How does Erica's school respond to her tennis match tantrum in Chapter 8?
(a) They have a school meeting.
(b) They put her on academic probation.
(c) They kick her off the team.
(d) They expel her.

6. How do the founders of the Academy describe poverty in their mission?
(a) A negligable factor.
(b) A social epidemic.
(c) An emergent system.
(d) A fiction.

7. What does Brooks call the new stage of life?
(a) The resignation years.
(b) The victmhood years.
(c) The odyssey years.
(d) The windfall years.

8. What characterizes more affluent children's play time, as described by Brooks in Chapter 7?
(a) It is less constricted.
(b) It is safer.
(c) It is more education-based.
(d) It's more rigidly scheduled.

9. Where do Raymond and Erica present their proposals in Chapter 16?
(a) The annual full-company meeting.
(b) A board meeting.
(c) A private meeting with Taggard.
(d) A live webcast of investors.

10. E.O. Wilson believes individuals are born with what?
(a) A future predetermined.
(b) A social stratus.
(c) A political viewpoint.
(d) A personality.

11. Which of the following is not a culture Erica immerses herself in at college?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

12. At the end of Chapter 15, what does Brooks characterize the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious mind as?
(a) A corporate partnership.
(b) A rivalry.
(c) A war.
(d) A marriage.

13. In her junior and senior years, what does Erica put at the center of her focus in order to control her temper?
(a) Her happiness.
(b) Her emotions.
(c) Her task.
(d) Her objective.

14. Who introduces Erica to Harold?
(a) Mark.
(b) Harrison.
(c) A friend of Erica's.
(d) Her mother.

15. What personal problem does Harold begin having after he becomes romantically involved with Erica?
(a) He yearns for her all the time.
(b) He wants to cheat on her.
(c) He wants to take things slower than she does.
(d) He becomes less attracted to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, North Whitehead is quoted as saying history alternated between the simpleminded and what?

2. How long do Brooks and Eric work together before they start hanging out outside work?

3. How does the board of the Academy help Erica matriculate in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Brooks assert as a primary difference between humans and other animals?

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

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