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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 in his introduction, what is different about his book compared to the other social science books published in recent years?
(a) It focuses on group dynamics.
(b) It focuses on real individuals.
(c) It focuses on the inner mind.
(d) It focuses on America specifically.

2. Whose parents are Rob and Julia?
(a) Harold.
(b) Hostadter.
(c) David Brooks.
(d) Erica.

3. How does Elliot lose his capacity to feel emotion in Chapter 1?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He suffers a stroke.
(c) He has an aneurysm.
(d) He is in a car accident.

4. Regarding our ability to process emotion and stimuli, to what does Brooks compare human beings?
(a) Heathrow.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Laguardia.
(d) Grand Central Station.

5. What does Brooks say both Julia and Rob worry about doing when they meet?
(a) Coming off as desperate.
(b) Coming off as aloof.
(c) Coming off as dumb.
(d) Coming off as cocky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?

2. What rare ability does Harold have in high school society?

3. In Chapter 1, Antonio Damasio determines that - without emotion - people lead what type of lives?

4. What Greek term becomes the topic of Harold's paper in Chapter 6?

5. How many characters does Brooks say he will focus on in "The Social Animal"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Composure Class?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Ms. Taylor.

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

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

9. What trauma does Harold experience at the end of Chapter 5?

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

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