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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Quality is subtracted, all EXCEPT the following are true:
(a) Purely intellectual pursuits are fairly unaffected.
(b) Life becomes very dull and uninteresting.
(c) The world cannot function.
(d) Rationality is essentially unchanged.

2. Who suffered the most from Phaedrus' isolation?
(a) his brothers and sister
(b) his wife and family
(c) his parents
(d) his son

3. The Narrator has tried to reassemble the fragments of Phaedrus' thinking by
(a) jotting down everything he knows or is told.
(b) asking lots of questions of his wife and friends.
(c) sorting through many boxes of papers.
(d) going every place Phaedrus went.

4. A Chautauqua is
(a) A traveling tent-show meant to entertain and enlighten, once common in America.
(b) A carnival that sets up on the streets of small American towns.
(c) A chat room on the internet for specialized discussions.
(d) A Middle Eastern philosophy.

5. The shadowy figure keeping the Narrator from opening the door in his dreams is
(a) Chris.
(b) Chris' mother.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) the Narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quality was kept undefined by definition in order to

2. A priori knowledge is an idea that was proposed by

3. The Narrator approaches maintaining his motorcycle like

4. In trying to explain what is wrong with the outdoor barbecue instructions, the Narrator expounds upon what is wrong with technology, which he says is

5. The Narrator tells a story about camping in the mountains and being surprised by a

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