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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Murugan follow these practices?
(a) No
(b) Yes
(c) Only in appearances
(d) I don't know

2. What was the first thing the poem reminded him of?
(a) A summer holiday in Switzerland
(b) A winter holiday in Thailand
(c) His dead wife
(d) His mismanaged life

3. What does Dr. Robert say about western intellectuals?
(a) They are all blind to true beauty
(b) They are all jaded to their own upbringings
(c) They are too self absorbed to make any real progress
(d) They are all sitting addicts

4. What is the title of the book the doctor gives to Will?
(a) Notes on Who's What, and on What it Might be Reasonable to Do to Them"
(b) "Notes on What's What, and on What it Might be Reasonable to Do About What's What"
(c) "King Lear"
(d) "Brave New World"

5. What things are responsible for the mirage of happiness?
(a) Food, drugs, and television
(b) Toys, pills and non-stop distractions
(c) Technology and gadgetry
(d) Self delusion, denial and self depreciation

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did the MacPhails start out as?

2. What should Murugan have been studying?

3. Who is one of Murugan's heroes?

4. What is the word they whisper in a prayer for peace?

5. Who picks Will up?

(see the answer key)

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