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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 industry does Erica go into after graduating college?
(a) Financial services.
(b) Publishing.
(c) Consulting.
(d) Advertising.

2. Which of the following is an activity that Harold and Erica put off because of their busy schedules in Chapter 14?
(a) Fixing cracked windows.
(b) Cleaning gutters.
(c) Buying new groceries.
(d) Changing light bulbs.

3. Who eventually defends Erica's choice to leave for college in Chapter 9?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her grandfather.

4. How do the founders of the Academy describe poverty in their mission?
(a) A negligable factor.
(b) A fiction.
(c) A social epidemic.
(d) An emergent system.

5. How long do Brooks and Eric work together before they start hanging out outside work?
(a) Two days.
(b) Several years.
(c) Months.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harold explain to Erica about history in Chapter 15?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, what does Brooks characterize the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious mind as?

3. Who introduces Erica to Harold?

4. In Chapter 15, North Whitehead is quoted as saying history alternated between the simpleminded and what?

5. Which of the following is not a historic example of Rationalist thought?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the founders of the Academy view poverty in America?

2. How does Erica come back from her explosion in Chapter 8?

3. Why is Amy facing so may problems in Chapter 7?

4. How does Harold battle overweening passion in Chapter 13?

5. How does the business collapse in Chapter 14?

6. What does Brooks assess the search for harmony in Chapter 13?

7. How does Brooks explain the difference between wealthy and poor children's play time in Chapter 7?

8. Describe the ideology of Rationalism.

9. What traumatic event occurs to Erica during a tennis match in Chapter 8?

10. How does Erica get into the Academy in Chapter 7?

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