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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the narrator have in his pocket when he withdraws all his savings?
(a) $1,800
(b) $2,400
(c) $1,200
(d) $600

2. When does the narrator recognize Ishmael in Chapter 1?
(a) When the keeper forces Ishmael to move
(b) When Ishmael growls
(c) When Ishmael speaks to him
(d) When he is staring into his own eyes

3. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?
(a) Leaves the paper on a bench
(b) Throws it on the floor
(c) Throws it in the trash
(d) Burns it

4. How does Ishmael describe the first farmers?
(a) Bureaucrats
(b) Blunderers
(c) Scientists
(d) Technocrats

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Art Owens?

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

3. What is the big change that has taken place at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What temptation does Ishmael say Adam succumbed to when he took the fruit from Eve in the Bible story?

5. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?

(see the answer key)

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