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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that he understands why Ishmael asked him to define the laws himself?
(a) Because Ishmael did not want him to be reliant upon him
(b) Because Ishmael wanted to get him accustomed to doing things for himself, for when Ishmael was no longer around
(c) Because if Ishmael had described them, he would not have thought them important
(d) Because he had to relinquish beliefs of his own, to see the laws

2. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?
(a) Someone who wanted to work with gorillas
(b) Someone who wanted to change the world
(c) Someone who wanted to teach
(d) Someone who wanted to make an investment

3. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?
(a) Curiosity
(b) Terror
(c) Comfort
(d) Tenderness

4. How does the narrator say that Hermann Hesse presents Leo’s “awesome secret wisdom”?
(a) He says that the novel is enigmatic on the topic of the wisdom
(b) He says that the novel describes it in code
(c) He says that Leo describes it as a mystical vision
(d) He says that the novel does not describe it

5. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?
(a) 4 billion years ago
(b) 250 thousand years ago
(c) 2 thousand years ago
(d) 10- 15 billion years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is his first impression of the room in Chapter 1?

2. What does Ishmael say is the pinnacle of the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Ishmael say is fueling the Third World population explosion?

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

5. What is a koan?

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