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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. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?
(a) A liminoid process.
(b) A moral process.
(c) A physical process.
(d) A mental process.

2. Which of the following ridiculous items is listed in the homework requirements in Chapter 5?
(a) Half an Ambien.
(b) A brick from the Great Wall.
(c) Algea.
(d) A sloth's toenail.

3. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?
(a) The Greek Way.
(b) Memoirs of Hadrian.
(c) I, Claudius.
(d) Meditations.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Antonio Damasio have difficulty doing with Elliot?
(a) Holding his attention.
(b) Completing math problems.
(c) Playing memory games.
(d) Planning sessions in advance.

5. What is Ms. Taylor's tactic for making children learn?
(a) She teaches them to take pleasure in it.
(b) She drills information into them.
(c) She uses references to popular culture.
(d) She pays them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction, Brooks states that Harold and Erica have what type of skills?

2. What sport does Brooks associate with the children of his establishment set in Chapter 1?

3. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?

4. In the Introduction, Brooks laments that most social policy is based on what understanding of humanity?

5. In the introduction, where does Brooks say the majority of thinking takes place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John Bowlby's research reveal about childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the Composure Class?

10. What are mirror neurons?

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