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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which historic period below is described in the most positive terms?
(a) The French Enlightenment.
(b) The English Enlightenment.
(c) The Victorian Era.
(d) The Post-War Years.

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

3. In Chapter 13, what term does Brooks use to describe the mechanism that tells us how we are viewed?
(a) Image monitor.
(b) Status sonor.
(c) Personal review.
(d) Self-assessor.

4. According to Brooks at the beginning of Chapter 1, where does all the furniture of the upper class liberal group come from?
(a) Ethan Allen.
(b) Pier One.
(c) Crate and Barrel.
(d) Ikea.

5. After Rob and Luis get married in Chapter 1, what task does Rob always insist on handling?
(a) Planning vacations.
(b) Fixing things.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Choosing movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Brooks say Julia has had trouble letting go of?

3. According to the Rationalists, what adversely affects business?

4. What does Erica feel about the new workers she hires in Chapter 14?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what group of teenagers does Brooks say is discriminated against?

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