
The Last Lecture Ch.21-30
Quiz by Cesar Fernandez
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What valuable lesson did Jai learn from Randy Pausch in "The Last Lecture"? Ch.21
What happened when Pausch wanted to take his family to visit his relatives during Christmas?
How did Jai handle Pausch's spreading his clean and dirty clothes around the room?
What happened when Pausch was approached by a police officer for speeding?
What was the cop's dilemma when it came to Pausch?
What did Pausch do to convince the officer not to give him a ticket?
Explain why Pausch left the grocery store happier to have an extra fifteen minutes than 16 dollars.
What was the first truth Pausch learned about time?
What did Pausch say is an important skill as a professor and as a father?
In "The Last Lecture," what did Randy Pausch want to achieve in terms of his students' "sore gear"?
How can educators best serve students?
What does Pausch think is one cause of the downward spiral in education?
What childhood dream did Tommy Burnett, an artist and computer wiz, who wanted a job on Pausch's research team?
In "The Last Lecture," what happened to Tommy, the dreamer hired by Randy Pausch on his research team?
In "The Last Lecture," what is luck, according to Randy Pausch?
What was Randy's dilemma?
In "The Last Lecture," what was the greatest thing that Randy Pausch said evolved from his endeavor?
In "The Last Lecture," what comment did Carnegie Mellon's president, Jared Cohon, make to Randy Pausch?
In "The Last Lecture," what is "Alice"?
In "The Last Lecture," how does Alice teach students the "fake head" premise?
In "The Last Lecture," what will millions of students learn through Alice?
In "The Last Lecture," what dumb decision was made by the camp directors when man first walked on the moon?
In "The Last Lecture," who saved the day for Pausch and how?
In "The Last Lecture," what did Pausch think was wrong with using money to fight poverty?
In "The Last Lecture," why did Randy Pausch believe that being earnest is better than being hip?
What did Pausch's parents say about buying new clothes?
In "The Last Lecture," did Randy Pausch say he is hip or earnest?
In "The Last Lecture," what name does Randy Pausch's mother call him?
In "The Last Lecture," what happened when Pausch's mother sent letters to him?
Why didn't he argue with her about his name?