Question #56

Question #184 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

When you are given a compliment do you usually acknowledge it, or do you or suggest that you really do not deserve it?

Why?

Question #55

Question #149 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Someone you love deeply is brutally murdered and you know the identity of the murderer, who unfortunately is aquitted of the crime.

Would you seek revenge?

Explain.

Question #54

Question #211 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would $100,000 be enough money to induce you to take a loyal, healthy pet to the vet to be put to sleep??

If not, what amount of money would?

Explain.

Question #53

Question #103 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Does the fact that you have never done something before increase or decrease its appeal to you?

Why?

Question #52

Question #100 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

What do you most strive for in your life: Accomplishment, Security, Love, Power, Excitement, Knowledge, or something else?

Explain .....

Question #51

Here's another deep question ....

Why does God allow child abusers/molesters/murderers to exist?

Queston #50

My 15 year old son is concerned lately over this question ...

WHY ARE WE HERE?

Help me answer him ... what's your opinion?

Question #49

Question #74 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided but you would not be allowed to see nor communicate with any other people.

Explain ....

Question #48

Question #36 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

If you knew you could devote yourself to any single occupation - music, writing, acting, business, politics, medicine, etc. - and be among the best and most successful in the world at it, what would you choose?

If you knew you only had a 10 percent chance of being successful, would you still put in the effort?

Explain ...

Question #47

Question #25 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

For an All-Expenses-Paid, one-week vacation anywhere in the world, would you be willing to kill a beautiful butterfly by pulling off it's wings?

What about stepping on a cockroach?

Explain ...

Question #46

Question #21 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Do you prefer being around men or women?

Do your closest friends tend to be Male or Female?

Why?

Question #45

Question #17 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

I have never asked this question in my classes .... I figured EVERY student would say NO ... so I am curious how ya'll will respond to this one ...

Would you be willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose?

Explain ....

Question #44

Question #9 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would you accept $5,000,000 to leave the United States of America and never step foot in it again?

Explain ....

Question #43

Question #7 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Do you think the world will be a better or worse place 100 years from now?

Explain ....

Question #42

Question #212 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Ignoring all financial considerations, would you rather spend the next five years confined to the city of New York or to the environs of Morro Bay, a beautiful, isolated town on the California coast?

Explain ....

Question #41

Question #201 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Do you frequently find yourself - just to be polite - saying things you don't mean? For example ... when you say good-bye to someone who doesn't interest you, do you act as though you enjoyed their company?

Explain ....

Question #40

Question #182 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Have you ever disliked someone for being luckier or more successful than you?

Question #39

Question #141 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would you accept a guaranteed, lifetime allowance of $75,000 per year (adjusted annually for inflation) if accepting that money meant that you could never again earn money from either work or investments?

Explain ....

Question #38

Question #140 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would you like to know the precise date of your death?

Explain ...

Question #37

Question #137 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Do you find it so hard to say "NO" that you regularly do favors you do not want to do?

Explain ....

Question #36

Question #134 from "The Book of Questions" by Gregory Stock, PH.D.

Would it disturb you much if, upon your death, your body were simply thrown into the woods and left to rot?

Explain ...

Question #35

Do you have a favorite poem? If so ... what is it?

If you can, please provide an internet link to it ...

Question #34

Let's say NASA develops a new Space Shuttle and has several successful flights with it.

You are offered a chance to ride along on the next flight of the new shuttle .... would you go?

Why or why not??