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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The real university according to Phaedrus
(a) is a facility created and operated by a state legislature for the purpose of educating students.
(b) is a legal corporation, which owns property and pays salaries to teaching staff and receives payment for teaching students.
(c) is a nonprofit corporation, which owns property and pays salaries to teaching staff and receives payment for teaching students.
(d) is a state of mind based on the heritage of rational thought, which is regenerated by a body of people.

2. Riding along the marshes reminds the Narrator of
(a) how cold winters can be.
(b) the heat and humidity of the summer.
(c) the loneliness of the two-lane road.
(d) the opening of duck season.

3. Why did Chris and the Narrator get soaked on their trip to Canada?
(a) The rain was the result of a warm front.
(b) The storm came from the northeast.
(c) The Narrator forgot to dig a trench around their tent.
(d) The Narrator forgot to pack a tent.

4. The range of human knowledge today creates
(a) specialization.
(b) an fragmented society.
(c) generation gaps.
(d) induction.

5. The Narrator calls unnatural the divorce of
(a) art from technology.
(b) art from writing.
(c) teaching from sculpting.
(d) technology from science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Phaedrus teach at the university?

2. John wants to camp

3. Chris remembers looking for his dad and

4. Which tappet needed adjustment?

5. A Chautauqua is

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