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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 less important than action
(c) He says that belief is unimportant
(d) He says that belief is the beginning of resistance

4. How does the narrator characterize the end of the 1960s?
(a) As a fight that was defeated
(b) As a movement that died in a crackdown
(c) As a cooptation by corporations
(d) As a dwindling to irrelevance

5. What does the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?
(a) An atmospheric brownstone
(b) A temple
(c) A library
(d) A zoo

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. What pressure does the narrator say he feels to act out his culture’s stories?

4. When does the narrator recognize Ishmael in Chapter 1?

5. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?

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