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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. What did John Bowlby determine was key to a child's development?
(a) Safety.
(b) Fiber.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Stimulation.

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

3. How does Brooks describe Harold's intelligence in Chapter 6?
(a) Average.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Deficient.
(d) Enigmatic.

4. What Greek term becomes the topic of Harold's paper in Chapter 6?
(a) Thumos.
(b) Hubris.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Anagnorisis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?

2. What do children lack at an early age?

3. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?

4. Whose parents are Rob and Julia?

5. In Chapter 3, Julia calls Harold half cupid, half what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brooks' stated political reason for writing "The Social Animal"?

2. How does Brooks describe the day-to-day life of the Composure Class?

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

4. How did Brooks come up with the idea of telling a story to illustrate his social critique?

5. Who is Elliot, and how did he become involved with Antonio Damasio?

6. What does Damasio determine about living without emotion in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

10. What is Harold's goal from conception on?

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