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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ishmael say he was born?
(a) Memphis
(b) India
(c) West Africa
(d) Tibet.

2. What is the literary term that describes the narrator’s directly addressing the reader?
(a) Indirect discourse
(b) Personification
(c) Direct discourse
(d) Apostrophe

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

4. What terms do Ishmael’s terms ‘Takers’ and ‘Leavers’ correspond to?
(a) First world and third world
(b) Rich and poor
(c) Civilized and primitive
(d) Adults and children

5. In Chapter 3, how does Ishmael tell the narrator to think, when he tries to get him to see the myth of his culture?
(a) Mythological
(b) Like a child
(c) Counter intuitively
(d) Imaginatively

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the Takers’ story come into existence?

2. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?

3. How long ago did the Leavers’ story come into existence?

4. What does the narrator find on the arm of his chair during his third dialogue with Ishmael?

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

(see the answer key)

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