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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor understand that teenagers are not?
(a) Erratic creatures.
(b) Robots.
(c) Empty vessels.
(d) Fighters.

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

3. What sport does Brooks associate with the children of his establishment set in Chapter 1?
(a) Polo.
(b) Uneven bars.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Lacrosse.

4. In Chapter 2, Brooks points out that the female orgasm is what type of process?
(a) A moral process.
(b) A liminoid process.
(c) A mental process.
(d) A physical process.

5. In Chapter 1, Antonio Damasio determines that - without emotion - people lead what type of lives?
(a) Dull lives.
(b) Rational lives.
(c) Foolish lives.
(d) Amoral lives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book about Classical culture does Ms. Taylor give to Harold in Chapter 6?

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

4. How many children do Brooks' wealthy socialites all have in Chapter 1?

5. In the introduction, Brooks says a study of the inner mind highlights the capacity of humanity to do what?

(see the answer key)

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