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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phaedrus served in the
(a) Korean Conflict.
(b) Cuban Crisis.
(c) Falkland Skirmish.
(d) Vietnam War.

2. The Narrator feels apprehensive about
(a) introducing John and Sylvia to the DeWeeses.
(b) spending the night in a cabin.
(c) meeting the DeWeeses.
(d) riding through Yellowstone Park.

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

4. The first part of the formal scientific method is to
(a) state a possible hypothesis.
(b) design and carry out experiments.
(c) state the problem.
(d) observe the results of experiments.

5. The building where Phaedrus taught was
(a) dark brown brick with gables.
(b) yellow brick with framing timbers.
(c) granite with arches.
(d) red brick with pillars.

6. The mechanics where the Narrator had taken his motorcycle when it was seizing did not fix it properly since they
(a) did not care enough to learn to do it right.
(b) did not read the manual for that bike.
(c) did not have the proper tools.
(d) were dancing and singing along with the radio.

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

8. Sylvia begins to ask questions about Chris'
(a) temper tantrums.
(b) stomach pains.
(c) headaches.
(d) depression.

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

10. 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 observer is missing.
(c) The rider or operator is missing.
(d) The motorcycle is nearly impossible to understand by lists unless you already know how one works.

11. The travelers stay in cabins in Gardiner made by the owner who is a craftsman as evidenced by
(a) how old the couple is who own the cabins.
(b) the careful attention to detail in the windows, doors, and moldings.
(c) the many flowers planted around each cabin.
(d) the sign that is hung in the cabin.

12. John and Sylvia intensified their suffering by
(a) worrying about Chris.
(b) focusing on the heat.
(c) fighting with the Narrator.
(d) thinking about Phaedrus.

13. Who suffered the most from Phaedrus' isolation?
(a) his son
(b) his parents
(c) his wife and family
(d) his brothers and sister

14. Philosophy attempts to answer questions like:
(a) Who am I? Where did I come from?
(b) What does it all mean? What's the purpose of all this?
(c) What is man's purpose? How are people related to nature?
(d) What is substance? What are time and space?

15. A supersaturated solution will only crystallize when certain conditions are met unless there is a
(a) violent shaking.
(b) seed crystal.
(c) sense of Quality.
(d) foreign object.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Narrator think he should be doing if he were a novelist instead of a Chautauqua orator?

2. What subject did Phaedrus teach at the university?

3. An empiricist is one who believes

4. The kind of truth one seems to see out of the corner of one's eye or when the procedure goes haywire is called

5. The Narrator characterized the college as a "teaching college" by which he meant

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