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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?
(a) When he realized that he was a gorilla
(b) When he realized that his name was not his
(c) When he learned to read
(d) When he realized that he had a name

2. What is a koan?
(a) A paradox
(b) A riddle
(c) A secret.
(d) A spur to meditation

3. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?
(a) A sense of rage
(b) A tumor
(c) A scar
(d) A sense of dread

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

5. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?
(a) A stove
(b) A set of tools
(c) A phonograph
(d) A bookcase

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary term that describes the narrator’s directly addressing the reader?

2. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?

3. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?

4. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?

5. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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