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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. Many children were born to carry on a _____________ or to serve a parent's biological need for children.

2. The world is a hostile place when a person does not have any ________, according to the author.

3. Entire civilizations have been built around specific forms of ________, according to the author's research.

4. If memory were not a part of these past cultures, then the __________ nature of many of these cultures would have been lost.

5. What was the name of the Marine code breakers used in World War II as their language was never written down, so it could not be broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the downsides of solitude when it is not actively pursued for a person?

2. What does it mean when someone overcomes adversity without any gathering of material possessions?

3. What did Sigmund Freud have to say about the recipe for happiness; what it includes in his opinion?

4. What is a more compelling way to occupy the mind and to expand the consciousness of the mind?

5. What does each person have to determine for himself in relation to work and how much to work?

6. What is the one most complex and rewarding relationships one will ever deal with?

7. What are the two basic responses to stress that people tend to fall into when they are faced with such a challenge?

8. What must happen in relation to work in order for a person to obtain optimal flow?

9. What does the author say that solitude can provide to a person who seeks it out?

10. What happens when the body is not involved in physical activity, according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Though some people do not like work, they don't experience flow in their leisure time either.

Part 1: Why do you think some people aren't finding flow in their lives?

Part 2: Do you think you'd feel more flow with more or less leisure time? Why?

Part 3: How do you think your life would change if you had more free time?

Essay Topic 3

The author says that in order to change the world, one must change himself first.

Part 1: Do you agree with the statement of the author? Why or why not?

Part 2: How do you think people could begin to change themselves in order to change the world?

Part 3: Why do you think that some people believe that everyone else has to change for them?

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