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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chris relates that whichever child saw their father first
(a) would receive a nickel.
(b) would get an ice cream cone.
(c) would get to ride in the front seat next time.
(d) would receive a quarter.

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

3. The Narrator does not want to go faster than
(a) sixty-five miles per hour.
(b) fifty miles per hour.
(c) forty-five miles per hour.
(d) sixty miles per hour.

4. The Narrator says that some cultures believe in ghosts in the same way that other cultures
(a) believe in eye contact.
(b) believe the earth is round.
(c) believe in evil spirits.
(d) believe in the law of gravity.

5. Sylvia says she thinks the Narrator looks like he saw a
(a) cat.
(b) wolf.
(c) ghost.
(d) alien.

6. DeWeese had not like the "Church of Minorities" because
(a) it was not abstract.
(b) it was not a very good painting.
(c) it was by an unknown artist.
(d) it was a print of a painting.

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

8. John complains about how difficult it is to photograph the
(a) Narrator and Chris.
(b) motorcycles.
(c) prairie.
(d) town of Ellendale.

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

10. Who introduces the topic of ghost stories?
(a) Sylvia
(b) Chris
(c) The Narrator
(d) John

11. The Narrator makes four observations about his lists of motorcycle parts. Which of the following is NOT one of those observations?
(a) There are no value judgments.
(b) The rider or operator is missing.
(c) The motorcycle is nearly impossible to understand by lists unless you already know how one works.
(d) The observer is missing.

12. Who are the four people riding motorcycles on a journey?
(a) John, Sylvia, Chris, Buddha
(b) The Narrator, Chris Sutherland, John Sutherland, Sylvia
(c) Chris, his father the Narrator, John Sutherland, his wife Sylvia Sutherland
(d) John Sutherland, his son Chris, the Narrator, his wife Sylvia

13. 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) lateral truth.
(c) frontal truth.
(d) bilateral truth.

14. As the Narrator rides past the marshes he sees
(a) a robin.
(b) a pin-tail duck.
(c) a red-winged blackbird.
(d) a ring-tailed pheasant.

15. Phaedrus called Montana State University
(a) the School of Reasonable Rationality.
(b) the Church of Reason.
(c) the Church of Irrationality.
(d) the Church of Rationality.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator calls unnatural the divorce of

2. Phaedrus studied Oriental philosophy at

3. The Narrator divides human understanding into

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

5. The real university according to Phaedrus

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