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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. Some are driven by ___________ and a sense of purpose, rather than the accumulation of wealth or public achievement.

2. In a structured atmosphere, it is possible and easier to measure optimal experience through a _______________.

3. The definition of happiness, according to the author, doesn't really matter in the big _________.

4. In order to understand the idea of flow, a person needs to be aware of the __________ to personal fulfillment.

5. How many strategies does the author provide for improving the quality of life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the definition of flow, according to the findings of the author in this book?

2. What is a person able to do as a result of having a consciousness, according to the author?

3. Why does the author not think it is possible to expand the consciousness indefinitely?

4. What happens to the self during experience, according to the author?

5. What is the difference between pleasure and enjoyment, according to the author of the book?

6. Since it is not necessarily the events in one's life that cause happiness, what does the author propose causes the happiness around events?

7. What is the question that the book says psychologists and philosophers are no closer to finding the answer to?

8. What are the conditions in which flow can be experienced, according to the author at the start of the chapter?

9. What does the author say goes hand in hand with many things that are enjoyable?

10. What does the author want people to realize about the idea of challenges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author presents the idea that flow can be something which may be planned or something which may be spontaneous.

Part 1: Do you agree that flow can be spontaneous or planned? Why?

Part 2: How do you think the flow can be planned? Doesn't that seem to contradict the idea of something flowing?

Part 3: Why do you think that flow is easy to capture in both manners according to the author?

Essay Topic 2

The author says that many enjoyable acts involve challenges too, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Part 1: Do you agree with the author's statement about enjoyment being intertwined with challenges?

Part 2: How do you think life would be different if there weren't any challenges? Or wouldn't it be different?

Part 3: Why do you think that challenges are a part of enjoyment?

Essay Topic 3

Changing external conditions is one of the ways in which the quality of life can be improved, according to the author.

Part 1: Why do you think changing things outside of yourself makes you happier?

Part 2: Do you agree that changing things around you is a way to create permanent happiness?

Part 3: In what ways do you think that changing the external conditions of your life may not cause happiness?

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