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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say about the search for ultimate meaning?
(a) "'End before you start.'"
(b) "'Better never to begin...but once begun...better finish.'"
(c) "'Better to start whether or not you can finish.'"
(d) "'Start and see where it leads.'"

2. What is a fakir?
(a) A person who demonstrates unusual abilities.
(b) A governmental authority in India.
(c) Someone who is a leader of his spiritual group.
(d) Someone who fakes magic.

3. Who does Millman meet outside the last bank he visits?
(a) A professor from Stanford.
(b) A native Hawaiian man.
(c) A woman in her sixties walking with a cane.
(d) His wife.

4. After Stanford, where does the author accept a teaching position?
(a) Oberlin College.
(b) University of Georgia.
(c) University of Ohio.
(d) Swarthmore.

5. What does Sachi ask her baby brother?
(a) To help her convince her parents to let her travel alone.
(b) To tell her what God feels like.
(c) To help her learn about nature.
(d) To go with her to a new island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grant is Millman awarded?

2. Who is Ruth Johnson?

3. What is the main thing that keeps Dan looking after feeling quite discouraged?

4. What is the best definition for the Hawaiian word "kahuna?"

5. What does Dan have to keep fighting off?

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