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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Millman finally decide to contact the woman whom Socrates mentioned?
(a) Writing back to Socrates and waiting for his answer.
(b) Going from bank to bank.
(c) Asking his wife.
(d) A personal ad in the newspaper.

2. Why does Millman become more dejected as time passes on his travels?
(a) He is overwhelmed by the different paths one can take to enlightment.
(b) He cannot make any lasting connections.
(c) He thinks everyone he meets is a hypocrite.
(d) He finds nothing that isn't available in the West in bookstores.

3. What is the main thing that keeps Dan looking after feeling quite discouraged?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Curiousity.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Discipline.

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

5. What fades in the author's memories as he leads a "normal" life?
(a) His past life as a Tibetan monk.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His memories of fighting in Viet Nam.
(d) His encounter with Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Victor?

2. Everyone the author looks, what does he see?

3. What strikes Millman by its grandeur?

4. What does Ruth tell Dan to do in her note?

5. What lesson from Socrates does the author have difficulty following in this early part of the book?

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