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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phaedrus gave up chasing the ghost of rationality and
(a) went home to live with his parents and decide what to do.
(b) began chasing the ghost of materialism.
(c) buried himself in his research and writing.
(d) busied himself living a conventional life.

2. John wants to camp
(a) at a reservoir near Lemmon.
(b) on the bank of the Missouri River.
(c) at a campground to the south of Lemmon.
(d) at a park in the middle of Lemmon.

3. What does the Narrator think he should be doing if he were a novelist instead of a Chautauqua orator?
(a) talking more to Chris
(b) communicating with John, Sylvia and Chris
(c) developing the characters of John, Sylvia and Chris
(d) interacting more with John

4. The book that the Narrator tries to read with Chris is
(a) Walden by Henry David Thoreau
(b) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(c) 1984 by George Orwell
(d) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

5. When Chris falls down, he
(a) gets angry.
(b) begs to go back.
(c) is injured.
(d) starts crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. The concept that "a thing exists if a world without it can't function normally" is which branch of philosophy?

2. The range of human knowledge today creates

3. The predicted results of scientific inquiry and the actual results of scientific inquiry are

4. Herried is designated a Western town by the Narrator because

5. What did he discover about his spark plugs?

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