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Monday, February 23, 2026

Exam review

The March 3 exam will feature objective-format questions about Be Mine, drawn from the questions I've posted each week. The answers will all be provided, you'll just need to match them to the right questions. You get a point for each correct answer, up to a possible 25... so there's no harm in guessing. But with adequate review, you shouldn't have to guess.

Here are some topics and relevant accompanying texts to review:

JAN 27

  1. Frank's opening thoughts on happiness, and on happiness and aging on  p.11.) ...
  2. Frank on the remoteness of neighbors in America 5
  3. Frank's characterization of "white southerners," Pug, etc. 17, 18
  4. Frank on fearing death, suffering,  a "good death," denial... 24, 26
  5. Frank on understanding, making sense, and meaning, and how to "make living steal a march on dying" 37
FEB 3

  1. Frank on making plans for merely-possible contingencies in life 47
  2. Frank's thoughts on scattering his ex's ashes 53-5
  3. Frank on what you need to do, to be happy 56
  4. Frank's remarks on Heidegger 73
  5. Frank on having specific life-goals for one's children 77
FEB 10
  1. More soon...


FEB 17

FEB 24



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Exam review

The March 3 exam will feature objective-format questions about  Be Mine, drawn from the questions I've posted each week.   The answers w...