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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the same day Harold meets Erica, his friend, Mark, offers him a job doing what?
(a) Producing films.
(b) Writing speeches.
(c) Testing video games.
(d) Programming software.

2. According to Brooks in Chapter 9, modern social scientists say that geniuses are what?
(a) Extinct.
(b) Mythological.
(c) Built.
(d) Fated.

3. Which word is the closest synonym to limerence?
(a) Professionalism.
(b) Love.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Levity.

4. Which tennis star does Brooks compare Erica to in Chapter 8?
(a) Rafael Nadal.
(b) Andre Agase.
(c) Venus Williams.
(d) John McEnroe.

5. What idea for a topic does Harold come up with his first night of writing?
(a) He comes up with no ideas.
(b) He decides to focus on the idea of honor.
(c) He narrows down his topics to two.
(d) He decides to focus on Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What field does Erica explore in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 15, Brooks states that the unconscious mind can perform complex tasks without what?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Harrison value above all else?

4. In Chapter 13, Harold ruminates that certain pagans considered what to be a god?

5. What unnerving assignment does Ms. Taylor give Harold in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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