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Vocabulary
Myth of Sisyphus
Don't Eat the Marshmallow!
See If I Care
Study Guide
100

A good chance for promotion or growth

What is an opportunity?
100

To what eternal punishment was Sisyphus condemned

What is rolling a rock to the top of a mountain?
100
The children in the study waited for this
What is another marshmallow?
100

What situation has the narrator struggled through?

 Losing her job in a political scandal

100

Getting what you want differs from deicing what you want in one important way: it requires this.

What is action?
200

 Lasting for only a short or limited time

What is temporary?
200
Sisyphus did what to his wife?
What is tested her love?
200
At age 18 & 19, those who waited were
What is successful? 
200

Someone spends lots of money on you and praises you.

What is lavishes?  
200

Doing without now for the sake of satisfaction later. It is difficult because the rewards of living only for the moment are more tangible

What is delayed gratification?
300

Theoretical; hypothetical 

What is abstract?
300
Through his passion and torture, Sisyphus is still this
What is a hero?
300

This was found to be the most important factor for success


What is Self-Discipline & Delayed Gratification?

300

The narrator’s former job in Albany was this


What is a newspaper editor-in-chief?

300

The goal is the end product you want to achieve within this

What is a certain amount of time?
400

A drawing that explains something

What is a diagram?
400
This causes the Myth of Sisyphus to be tragic
What is consciousness?
400
Participants who could not wait were less successful in life.
What is true?
400

The narrator believed this would improve her career.

What is an article about the scandalous photos of the mayor?

400

Your goals and objectives should be this

What is specific? 
500

Self-control

What is discipline? 
500
Mercury and Pluto are named for them
What are Greek Gods?
500
The debt we have in the U.S. is caused by this
What is not producing more than we consume?
500

The narrator believes that Maxwell was part of the scandal that made her lose her job; however, she has not been able to prove this.

What is Maxwell's guilt?
500

Problem solving takes this

What is time and effort?