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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the summit of the mountain, the Narrator gets out
(a) his long underwear and jacket.
(b) his tools and adjusts the carburetors.
(c) his tools to adjust his chain.
(d) his camera.

3. In all Oriental religions great value is placed upon
(a) the separation of self and other.
(b) the lack of all activity for the sake of meditation.
(c) the concept of logic as a means to final wisdom.
(d) the doctrine

4. In chapter 11, the Narrator and Chris seem
(a) out of sorts with each other.
(b) oddly disconnected from each other.
(c) at odds with one another.
(d) uncharacteristically close to each other.

5. 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) literal truth.
(b) bilateral truth.
(c) frontal truth.
(d) lateral truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mechanics where the Narrator had taken his motorcycle when it was seizing did not fix it properly since they

2. The plans of Chris and the Narrator are deliberately indefinite so that

3. A motorcycle mechanic

4. The travelers stay in cabins in Gardiner made by the owner who is a craftsman as evidenced by

5. Phaedrus did not like Yellowstone Park because

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