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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a study quoted in Chapter 7, ninety percent of couples that have children plan to do what?
(a) Graduate college.
(b) Get married.
(c) Attend church.
(d) Move in together,

2. How does the board of the Academy help Erica matriculate in Chapter 7?
(a) They give her tuition assistance.
(b) They forge a recommendation.
(c) They rig the lottery.
(d) They change of transcript.

3. What institution does Herold begin working for in Chapter 15?
(a) The University of Maryland.
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) GE.
(d) The Historical Society.

4. In Chapter 8, what step does Brooks suggest is most important to decision-making?
(a) Perception.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Execution.

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

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

7. In Chapter 10, what does Harrison value above all else?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Critical thinking.
(d) Loyalty.

8. What nearly happened to Erica at age 10?
(a) She was nearly sent to China.
(b) She nearly lost her mother.
(c) She nearly died.
(d) She nearly got arrested.

9. According to the Rationalists, what adversely affects business?
(a) Overarching systems.
(b) Human foibles.
(c) Imprecise accounting.
(d) War.

10. Why is Erica not let into New Hope at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) She mouths off to the main administrator.
(b) She is not a resident of the neighborhood.
(c) She has bad grade.
(d) She does not speak English.

11. What does Erica particularly admire about Raymond in Chapter 16?
(a) His self-awareness.
(b) His work ethic.
(c) His sense of loyalty.
(d) His intelligence.

12. In her junior and senior years, what does Erica put at the center of her focus in order to control her temper?
(a) Her task.
(b) Her objective.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her emotions.

13. What issue do the insurgents of Chapter 16 have after they produce their proposals?
(a) How do they get them to the CEO.
(b) Which member will present them.
(c) Who they will benefit.
(d) Who will review them.

14. When Walter Mischel repeated his marshmallow experiment year later, what did he use instead of a marshmallow?
(a) An Oreo.
(b) A sardine.
(c) A ham sandwich.
(d) A gummi bear.

15. How old is Erica when she becomes CEO of Intercom?
(a) 23.
(b) 47.
(c) 60.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. What field does Erica explore in Chapter 11?

2. What does Brooks call the new stage of life?

3. In Chapter 13, Brooks states that the desire for limerence explains people's desire to do what?

4. What does Erica decide to do at the end of Chapter 10?

5. According to Brooks in the end of Chapter 13, the end-point of limerence is what?

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