Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 216 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Robert M. Pirsig
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The mechanics where the Narrator had taken his motorcycle when it was seizing did not fix it properly since they
(a) were dancing and singing along with the radio.
(b) did not care enough to learn to do it right.
(c) did not read the manual for that bike.
(d) did not have the proper tools.

2. Riding in a car is different from riding on a motorcycle because
(a) the ride in the car is very smooth while the ride on the motorcycle is very bumpy.
(b) riding in a car is like watching a movie you don't care about.
(c) when you are riding in a car you are always in a compartment looking at a frame like seeing the world on TV.
(d) everything goes by so fast it makes you dizzy to look out the window.

3. Einstein said:
(a) Knowledge comes from man. Man provides the hypotheses.
(b) Knowledge comes from intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding of experience.
(c) The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite, increasing as more are tested.
(d) Scientific knowledge comes from nature. Nature provides the hypotheses.

4. A turning point in Phaedrus' life came about the time he saw
(a) a rice paddy from atop a mountain.
(b) his best friend die.
(c) a double rainbow.
(d) a wall shining across a misty harbor.

5. The plans of Chris and the Narrator are deliberately indefinite so that
(a) the vacation can be a good time of togetherness and relaxation.
(b) they do not have to account to anyone for their time.
(c) they can keep changing their minds about their destination.
(d) they can continue until their money is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phaedrus did not like Yellowstone Park because

2. What does Chris want to do as Chapter 4 ends (their second night)?

3. A motorcycle mechanic

4. Chris usually reflects the mood of the Narrator in his

5. The Narrator does not want to go faster than

(see the answer key)

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