1. Why didn’t the host call her a researcher? (0:38)
    1.   The host thought the talk should not be research-based.
    2.   The host thought it could not fully describe what Brene was doing.
    3.   The host worried that people wouldn’t come to the talk.
    4.   The host worried that Brene was not senior enough to be called a researcher.
  2. Why didn’t Brene like to be called a story teller? (0:53)
    1.   It hurt her dignity as an academic researcher who is doing something more serious and high-value.
    2.   It sounded too naïve to be a story teller as it gave a wrong impression that her purpose was to entertain children.
    3.   She wasn’t going to tell stories in her talk at all.
    4.   She didn’t like to be mixed up with other speakers who were real story tellers.
  3. What does the motto “If you can’t measure it, it does not exist.” mean? (1:58)
    1.   Anything which cannot be measured does not exist in this world.
    2.   Anything which cannot be measured has no right to exist in society.
    3.   Anything which cannot be measured can be ignored as it is not worthy of any serious research study.
    4.   Anything which cannot be measured only exists in space and is beyond our reach for study.
  4. How do people “love it” when they find life messy? (2:21)
    1.   They would love the messy nature of life which brings challenges instead of boredom.
    2.   They would love to talk to Brene Brown.
    3.   They would find some people they would love even in their messy life.
    4.   They would just accept life as being messy.
  5. What did Brene want to highlight when she compared her attitude towards life with a Bento box? (2:20)
    1.   Her great interest in eating Japanese food.
    2.   Her preference for putting messy things in life into a proper order.
    3.   Her knowledge of Japanese culture that other people did not have.
    4.   Her international perspective in her use of language.
  6. How many groups of people did Brene identify in her six years of research study? (7:00)
    1.   One group – People who were deeply troubled by vulnerability.
    2.   One group – People who were not troubled by vulnerability in any way.
    3.   Two groups – People who had a strong sense of worthiness and those who were struggling with it.
    4.   Two groups – People had a strong sense of worthiness and those who had a strong sense of love and belonging.
  7. What observation did Brene make about the group with a strong sense of love and belonging? (7:34)
    1.   They were worthy of love and belonging.
    2.   They all needed to see a therapist
    3.   They were all suffering from vulnerability.
    4.   They had already learned how to handle vulnerability.
  8. What is common among people who have a strong sense of worthiness and a sense of love and belonging? (8:52)

    1. They have a sense of courage.
    2. They welcome vulnerability.
    3. They are all suffering from psychological disorder.
    4. They are free from problems of vulnerability
    1.   Only 1
    2.   Only 2
    3.   Both1 and 2
    4.   All are true.
  9. What made Brene experience a “breakdown”? (11:30)
    1.   The fact that the result of her research clashed with the very principle of research.
    2.   The fact that she saw too many people being victims of vulnerability.
    3.   She discovered that it was impossible to collect data to support her research.
    4.   The fact that people actually embraced vulnerability and found it beautiful instead of calling it a problem.
  10. How is “spiritual awakening” different from a breakdown? (11:37)
    1.   Spiritual awakening has to do with religion and a breakdown is just a factual description of an event in life.
    2.   Spiritual awakening happens only after a breakdown.
    3.   Spiritual awakening is a positive attitude but a breakdown is negative.
    4.   Spiritual awakening makes a person aware of the ghosts around him.
  11. Why did Brene tell her therapist “No family stuff, no childhood shit.” when she saw her? (13: 07)
    1.   Having studied social work for so long, she has lost interest in problems of children and family affairs.
    2.   She was so familiar with that approach of comforting a subject in counseling that it would have no effect on her.
    3.   It did not match her purpose of receiving counseling.
    4.   She had an excruciating childhood which she didn’t want to recall.
  12. What was Brene’s reaction to her therapist who gave a comment on her case that “It’s neither good nor bad. It is just what it is.”? (13:39)
    1.   She was annoyed that the therapist was unable to give her any useful advice.
    2.   She was enlightened as she saw the point that vulnerability was neither good nor bad.
    3.   She was shocked to sense that the therapist was unprofessional.
    4.   She was relieved to hear that she did not have a serious problem.
  13. According to Brene’s findings, how do people handle vulnerability? (14:30)
    1.   They try to numb it or hide it by making uncertain things certain.
    2.   They try to love one another even though there is no guarantee.
    3.   They just embrace it gladly.
    4.   They try to replace it with shame.
  14. What evidence did Brene find to show that people are trying to make uncertain things certain as a way of handling vulnerability? (17:07)
    1.   They claim things are certain in religion and politics.
    2.   They try to perfect themselves and their children.
    3.   They try to pretend that what we do not have an effect on people.
    4.   All the above.
  15. What is the use of “believing that we are enough”? (19:49)
    1. We will turn gentle and kind to ourselves
    2. We will turn gentle and kind to other people
    3. We will be able to solve the problem of vulnerability
    4. All the above.