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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements about modern technology was NOT part of the Narrator's feelings?
(a) The user of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(b) The creator of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(c) The owner of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(d) The viewer of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.

2. A motorcycle mechanic
(a) is mainly a physical laborer.
(b) does not care about the rider or the motorcycle.
(c) is a careful observer and precise thinker.
(d) ignorant of the hierarchy of the motorcycle.

3. What did he discover about his spark plugs?
(a) They were both quite dirty.
(b) One was broken.
(c) They both looked fine.
(d) One was quite dirty, but the other was not.

4. The predicted results of scientific inquiry and the actual results of scientific inquiry are
(a) diametrically opposed.
(b) hard to understand as being related.
(c) in sync with each other.
(d) often unrelated to each other.

5. Phaedrus' academic goal in University was to
(a) major in philosophy.
(b) major in molecular biology.
(c) major in chemistry.
(d) major in journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a person's motorcycle backfires sometimes, what type of gumption trap would that be?

2. Which tappet needed adjustment?

3. Phaedrus broke the syndrome of "nothing to say" by having students write about

4. Sylvia is frightened by

5. The idea of eliminating degrees and grades

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