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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Narrator almost leave the building with Chris?
(a) He sees how frightened Chris is.
(b) He is afraid he will see Phaedrus.
(c) He hears a car go by.
(d) He sees someone he doesn't want to talk with.

3. Phaedrus gave up chasing the ghost of rationality and
(a) began chasing the ghost of materialism.
(b) went home to live with his parents and decide what to do.
(c) buried himself in his research and writing.
(d) busied himself living a conventional life.

4. Phaedrus did not understand
(a) the laws of science.
(b) the social crises occuring.
(c) the hollowness of working for food and shelter.
(d) the chaos he saw in the world.

5. How many motorcycles are involved in this trip?
(a) 2 motorcycles
(b) 1 motorcycle
(c) 4 motorcycles
(d) 3 motorcycles

6. The parts of a motorcycle form a
(a) scientific method.
(b) table.
(c) hierarchy.
(d) hypothesis.

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

8. Sylvia is frightened by
(a) the Narrator's bike rolling in the ditch.
(b) a truck with a trailer in their lane.
(c) the gravel on the side of the road.
(d) a cardboard carton on the road.

9. The view John and Sylvia have of technology is
(a) that it is a necessary evil, but they can overcome it.
(b) that it should be pursued to enrich human life.
(c) that it is a death force that may control them.
(d) that it is a nuisance to be endured.

10. A topsy-turvy feeling of inadequacy results when
(a) instantaneous rates of change create hang-ups.
(b) a new world is discovered by Columbus.
(c) old forms of thought do not give people a way to deal with new experiences.
(d) occultism, mysticism, and mind-altering drug use are widespread.

11. Which tappet needed adjustment?
(a) #4
(b) #2
(c) #1
(d) #3

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

13. The back road route of traveling is better than the highway for all the following reasons EXCEPT
(a) Back roads have a welcome day-to-day sameness.
(b) Back roads impart a sense of
(c) Back roads establish an indefinite time frame.
(d) It is easier to notice sensations on back roads.

14. Man is a passive observer or a "blank tablet" was first proposed by
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Kant.
(c) Hume.
(d) Copernicus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Phaedrus' stage fright concerning classroom teaching appeared to students as

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

3. Secondary roads are preferred by the Narrator because

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

5. Chris relates that whichever child saw their father first

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