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PART A: What connection does Coutu draw between bricolage and resilience?

A
Bricolage requires a high level of intelligence that allows people with the skill to overcome most problems.
B
Bricolage allows people to use resources creatively to overcome a difficult challenges.
C
Bricolage refers to an individual’s ability to not give up on a task, no matter how difficult it may appear.
D
Bricolage requires a degree of optimism that allows people with the skill to view resources in a new and useful way.

PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A
“‘In its old sense, the verb bricoler… was always used with reference to some extraneous movement: a ball rebounding, a dog straying,’” ( Paragraph 32)
B
“Bricoleurs are always tinkering — building radios from household effects or fixing their own cars. They make the most of what they have, putting objects to unfamiliar uses.” ( Paragraph 33)
C
“When situations unravel, bricoleurs muddle through, imagining possibilities where others are confounded.” ( Paragraph 34)
D
“Bricolage can be practiced on a higher level as well. Richard Feynman, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in physics, exemplified what I like to think of as intellectual bricolage.” ( Paragraph 35)

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Answer: Option B.

Bricolage allows people to use resources creatively to overcome challenges.

2. Option B.

Bricoleurs are always tinkering_ building radios from household effects or fixing their cars. They make the most of what they have , putting objects to unfamiliar uses.

Step-by-step explanation:

Diane Coutu is a senior editor of Harvard business review. He draws connection between resilience and bricolage. He said resilient people share three common traits; acceptance of reality, a deep belif that life is meaningful and uncanny ability to improvise. He use the third traits, knowing what to use at hand when challenges come which is also termed as bricolage.

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