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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, Brooks states that the desire for limerence explains people's desire to do what?
(a) Procreate.
(b) Create great works of art.
(c) Join certain groups.
(d) Make money.

3. How long do Brooks and Eric work together before they start hanging out outside work?
(a) Two days.
(b) One week.
(c) Months.
(d) Several years.

4. How do the founders of the Academy describe poverty in their mission?
(a) A social epidemic.
(b) A fiction.
(c) A negligable factor.
(d) An emergent system.

5. Which of the following is not an acquisition Taggart makes for Intercom?
(a) A television company.
(b) A biotech firm.
(c) An appliance store.
(d) A video game developer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not a step of human decision-making?

4. What does Harold feel takes over his life in Chapter 13?

5. At the end of Chapter 15, what does Brooks characterize the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious mind as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Erica nearly not go to the University of Denver in Chapter 9?

2. What does Brooks assess the search for harmony in Chapter 13?

3. How do Raymond and Erica play major roles in the rebound of Intercom?

4. How is the Academy schedule different from public school?

5. Why is Amy facing so may problems in Chapter 7?

6. What is limerence?

7. How does Brooks describe the relationship between the unconscious and the conscious mind in Chapter 15?

8. How does Brooks explain the difference between wealthy and poor children's play time in Chapter 7?

9. How does the success of Erica's business affect her marriage?

10. What different trajectories do Harold and Erica's lives take in Chapter 15?

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