Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 216 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Robert M. Pirsig
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The kind of truth one seems to see out of the corner of one's eye or when the procedure goes haywire is called
(a) frontal truth.
(b) bilateral truth.
(c) lateral truth.
(d) literal truth.

2. The mechanics where the Narrator had taken his motorcycle when it was seizing did not fix it properly since they
(a) did not read the manual for that bike.
(b) were dancing and singing along with the radio.
(c) did not care enough to learn to do it right.
(d) did not have the proper tools.

3. An empiricist is one who believes
(a) knowledge that comes through the senses is truth.
(b) all knowledge is a priori knowledge, but each person must find it.
(c) all knowledge is derived exclusively from the senses.
(d) the beginning of knowledge is sensory knowledge.

4. The Narrator remembers going to a party and drinking too much. He lies down in a back room of the house and wakes up
(a) riding a motorcycle.
(b) at home.
(c) in a heart hospital.
(d) in an insane hospital.

5. When they arrive in Ellendale for breakfast, it is
(a) 8:30 AM
(b) 7:15 AM
(c) 6:30 AM
(d) 7:30 AM

Short Answer Questions

1. John complains about how difficult it is to photograph the

2. A person consists of a personality,

3. The first part of the formal scientific method is to

4. Sylvia begins to ask questions about Chris'

5. The Narrator says that some cultures believe in ghosts in the same way that other cultures

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