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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he answers the newspaper ad?
(a) To see what he can learn
(b) To see who else shows up
(c) To make sure that it is just a scam
(d) To be part of the crowd

2. What does Ishmael say made Germans captive under Hitler?
(a) Hitler’s international support
(b) Hitler’s violence
(c) Hitler’s charisma
(d) Hitler’s story about the Aryan people

3. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?
(a) Throws it in the trash
(b) Throws it on the floor
(c) Leaves the paper on a bench
(d) Burns it

4. How does Ishmael respond when the narrator says that he does not believe that he is part of a story?
(a) He says that it is easier to believe in more incredible things
(b) He says that belief is the beginning of resistance
(c) He says that belief is less important than action
(d) He says that belief is unimportant

5. When does the narrator recognize Ishmael in Chapter 1?
(a) When Ishmael growls
(b) When he is staring into his own eyes
(c) When Ishmael speaks to him
(d) When the keeper forces Ishmael to move

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?

2. Who does Ishmael say is the exception to the story of the narrator’s culture?

3. How does the narrator say that Hermann Hesse presents Leo’s “awesome secret wisdom”?

4. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?

5. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?

(see the answer key)

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