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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Narrator almost leave the building with Chris?
(a) He sees someone he doesn't want to talk with.
(b) He hears a car go by.
(c) He is afraid he will see Phaedrus.
(d) He sees how frightened Chris is.

3. When Quality is subtracted from the world as Phaedrus knew it, he discovered that the fine arts disappeared. What else disappeared?
(a) science and technology
(b) entertainment and flavors
(c) work and sports
(d) values and purpose

4. When Quality is subtracted, all EXCEPT the following are true:
(a) Rationality is essentially unchanged.
(b) Life becomes very dull and uninteresting.
(c) The world cannot function.
(d) Purely intellectual pursuits are fairly unaffected.

5. A supersaturated solution will only crystallize when certain conditions are met unless there is a
(a) sense of Quality.
(b) foreign object.
(c) seed crystal.
(d) violent shaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator divides human understanding into

2. In all Oriental religions great value is placed upon

3. The stand of pines where the group is camping is the home of

4. Phaedrus did not understand

5. Phaedrus gave up chasing the ghost of rationality and

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