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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Narrator divides human understanding into
(a) Roman and Greek.
(b) romantic and gothic.
(c) Romanesque and Classical.
(d) romantic and classic.

2. Einstein said:
(a) The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite, increasing as more are tested.
(b) Knowledge comes from man. Man provides the hypotheses.
(c) Knowledge comes from intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding of experience.
(d) Scientific knowledge comes from nature. Nature provides the hypotheses.

3. Signs that they were approaching the High Plains included all EXCEPT
(a) The greenness became paler.
(b) Fences became rarer.
(c) The earth looked flatter.
(d) The earth took on deep undulations.

4. John is interested in
(a) what things appear to be.
(b) what things mean.
(c) what is the underlying form of things.
(d) what things are.

5. A person consists of a personality,
(a) flesh and legal statistics.
(b) flesh and blood.
(c) bones and garments.
(d) bones and flesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ghost that Phaedrus pursued was

2. The purpose of Annihilation ECS was

3. An empiricist is one who believes

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

5. Philosophy attempts to answer questions like:

(see the answer key)

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