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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution does Herold begin working for in Chapter 15?
(a) The Historical Society.
(b) The University of Maryland.
(c) GE.
(d) The Peace Corps.

2. What disorder does Amy have?
(a) Aspurgers.
(b) OCD.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Manic depressive disorder.

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

4. What does Erica decide to do at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Go back to school.
(b) Enter politics.
(c) Travel for a year.
(d) Start her own firm.

5. According to the Rationalists, what adversely affects business?
(a) Imprecise accounting.
(b) Human foibles.
(c) Overarching systems.
(d) War.

6. According to a study quoted in Chapter 7, ninety percent of couples that have children plan to do what?
(a) Move in together,
(b) Attend church.
(c) Graduate college.
(d) Get married.

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

8. In Chapter 13, what term does Brooks use to describe the mechanism that tells us how we are viewed?
(a) Personal review.
(b) Self-assessor.
(c) Image monitor.
(d) Status sonor.

9. When Walter Mischel repeated his marshmallow experiment year later, what did he use instead of a marshmallow?
(a) A gummi bear.
(b) An Oreo.
(c) A sardine.
(d) A ham sandwich.

10. What does Erica do more often after dissolving her business?
(a) Drink.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Have sex.
(d) Go out with friends.

11. In Chapter 15, Brooks states that the unconscious mind can perform complex tasks without what?
(a) Taking in stimuli.
(b) Achieving a conclusion.
(c) Our being awake.
(d) Alerting the conscious mind.

12. Who eventually defends Erica's choice to leave for college in Chapter 9?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

13. Which word is the closest synonym to limerence?
(a) Levity.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Professionalism.
(d) Love.

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

15. Who does Erica confide in regarding her tantrum in Chapter 8?
(a) Her coach.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) The head of the Academy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the memo the insurgents produce in Chapter 16?

2. What does Mark say he is in search of in Chapter 12?

3. What does Harold feel takes over his life in Chapter 13?

4. In her junior and senior years, what does Erica put at the center of her focus in order to control her temper?

5. When do Erica, Raymond, and the other insurgents discuss reforms everyday?

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