Scholars Mind

Section 3 · checkpoint · fresh additions

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A focused practice set across the 17 questions newly authored for this section from curriculum sources.

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Question 1 of 17

SOCRyder Carroll's Bullet Journal is LEAST likely to keep a task that —

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Question 2 of 17

SOCAs running totals, a to-do list is to debt as a done list is to —

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Question 3 of 17

LITHephaestus seals a world inside the border of Achilles' shield. Eco's key difference is that the Catalogue —

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Question 4 of 17

HISThe oldest Sumerian tablets are to goods already held as Willpower's Genesis story is to —

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Question 5 of 17

HISTo practise Frugality, Franklin mended his clothes and cooked his meals. The likely cost fell on his —

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Question 6 of 17

SOCIf advising a scholar whose list says 'Get better at science', David Allen would have her write —

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Question 7 of 17

SCIA scholar keeps five assignments open at once. By the case against multitasking, the likely cost is —

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Question 8 of 17

ARTEco hunts for an 'et cetera' in every art. Which is he LEAST likely to find one in?

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Question 9 of 17

SPCIvy Lee allows six tasks, strictly in order. Add Hofstadter's Law and the MOST likely result is that —

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Question 10 of 17

SCIOne 2011 study found spoiled readers enjoyed stories more. For Scheherazade, the likely cost of telling every ending is —

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Question 11 of 17

LITEco calls a guest list practical: it ends. Which practical list is MOST likely to grow by being crossed off?

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Question 12 of 17

SOCBy the Pareto principle, the STRONGEST objection to the Pentagon general's 25-word strategy is —

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Question 13 of 17

SCIShe plans her essay for Saturday, ten till noon, and Hofstadter's Law holds. The MOST likely effect of her plan is —

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Question 14 of 17

SOCCompare LinkedIn's profile bar with the Zeigarnik advice to take a small first step. The key difference: the step —

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Question 15 of 17

SOCA writer clears every task on his list, yet still feels behind. In Burkeman's terms, that feeling is BEST described as —

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Question 16 of 17

ARTEco hears Ravel's Boléro as a list; Eno built Music for Airports from loops. The key difference: Boléro —

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Question 17 of 17

LITEco calls Homer's Catalogue of Ships a poetic list. His reviewer says it is NOT one, because —

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