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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Brooks in the Introduction what do Harold and Erica inherit?
(a) Their capacity to love.
(b) Their politics.
(c) Their intellects.
(d) Their self-images.

4. 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.

5. What idea for a topic does Harold come up with his first night of writing?
(a) He decides to focus on the idea of honor.
(b) He narrows down his topics to two.
(c) He decides to focus on Odysseus.
(d) He comes up with no ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, how many pieces of information can the unconscious mind take in?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, what regular event is a constant trauma in Harold's life?

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

4. What famous intellect does Brooks mention at the end of his introduction?

5. In the introduction, Brooks says a study of the inner mind highlights the capacity of humanity to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Julia and Rob find marriage in the early years?

2. How does Harold's tiger statement in Chapter 4 illustrate a complex human process?

3. What wisdom about teaching teenagers does Ms. Taylor possess?

4. According to Brooks, what separates us from other animals?

5. What is the Composure Class?

6. What are mirror neurons?

7. What great skill does Harold have in high school?

8. Why does Timothy Wilson think that the unconscious mind does the majority of the work in thinking?

9. How does Brooks use the meeting of Julia and Rob to illustrate the surprise of similarities?

10. How is Brooks' book different from other social studies?

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