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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Narrator ended the trip to Canada on the motorcycle because
(a) The motorcycle seized up.
(b) Chris got sick.
(c) The motorcycle was out of gas.
(d) It was raining too hard to ride a motorcycle.

2. The theoretic component of man's existence corresponds to all EXCEPT
(a) the scientific process.
(b) Western thought.
(c) classical thinking.
(d) esthetics.

3. 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) did not have the proper tools.
(c) did not care enough to learn to do it right.
(d) were dancing and singing along with the radio.

4. The Narrator approaches maintaining his motorcycle like
(a) a person entering a home for refuge from the world.
(b) a person entering a theater for entertainment.
(c) a person entering a church for a religious rite.
(d) a person entering a bar for refreshment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator makes four observations about his lists of motorcycle parts. Which of the following is NOT one of those observations?

2. The ghost that Phaedrus pursued was

3. The Narrator does not feel the faster speeds are good because

4. The point at which Phaedrus gave up on Oriental wisdom was when a professor called the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

5. The Narrator feels apprehensive about

(see the answer key)

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