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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 desire to exercise.
(b) An inflated self-image.
(c) A need for spiritual happiness.
(d) A fear of abandonment.

2. What does Erica feel about the new workers she hires in Chapter 14?
(a) She thinks they are lazy and unmotivates.
(b) She values each of them.
(c) She is attracted to several.
(d) She views them as cogs in a machine.

3. When do Erica, Raymond, and the other insurgents discuss reforms everyday?
(a) In a covert meeting.
(b) At breakfast.
(c) At a bar after work.
(d) At lunch.

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

5. Why is Harold's advice to Erica initially unhelpful in Chapter 15?
(a) He is jealous of Raymond.
(b) He sides with Taggard.
(c) He is no longer part of the business world.
(d) He is too ambitious in his viewpoints.

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

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

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

9. How long is the memo the insurgents produce in Chapter 16?
(a) 100 pages.
(b) They produce no memo.
(c) 23 pages.
(d) One page.

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the following is a condition that Raymond insists on in Chapter 16 is the group prepares its proposals?
(a) It must be a done in public.
(b) He must have a veto.
(c) It must be budget neutral.
(d) Taggart has to go.

15. What is the physical indication that Erica and Harold's relationship is becoming romantic in Chapter 13?
(a) She stares in his eyes.
(b) They kiss.
(c) They make furtive love.
(d) They hold hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal problem does Harold begin having after he becomes romantically involved with Erica?

2. In Chapter 14, Brooks states that the Recession led to an essential reduction in what?

3. In Chapter 13, Brooks states that the desire for limerence explains people's desire to do what?

4. What does Erica think of the entrepreneur she meets at the Academy in Chapter 9?

5. What industry does Erica go into after graduating college?

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