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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Brooks in the end of Chapter 13, the end-point of limerence is what?

2. How does Brooks describe Erica's immediate family in Chapter 7?

3. Where do Harold and Erica meet at the beginning of Chapter 13?

4. What suffers with the success of the business in Chapter 14?

5. What does Brooks call the new stage of life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What different trajectories do Harold and Erica's lives take in Chapter 15?

2. How do Raymond and Erica play major roles in the rebound of Intercom?

3. What did the marshmallow test predict about child development?

4. What is limerence?

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

6. What impresses Erica about Raymond during their lunches in Chapter 16?

7. How does the success of Erica's business affect her marriage?

8. How is the Academy schedule different from public school?

9. How is the mind inefficient, according to David Brooks?

10. Describe Erica's experience at the consulting firm.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In writing "The Social Animal", David Brooks is presenting an alternate view of history and the way societies work. Write an essay about this alternate view of histories driving forces. What, from the text, does Brooks believe drives human connections? How has current social policy ignore this guiding force? What failing institutions does Brooks point out over the process of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the teaching style that Ms. Taylor employs while assisting Harold with his senior paper. What are the five steps that are involved in this process? How does this teaching style internalize the knowledge? What role does Harold's journal have in this internalization? Discuss how this style of learning forever changes the way Harold takes in information.

Essay Topic 3

In their travails and life-journeys, Harold and Erica face challenges brought on by incompetence in others. Write an essay about two characters who represent significant failings in the way systems function? How does this person manage and interact with others? How do the protagonists deal with this individual?

Part 1) Harrison

Part 2) Taggert

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