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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Chautauqua is
(a) A Middle Eastern philosophy.
(b) A carnival that sets up on the streets of small American towns.
(c) A chat room on the internet for specialized discussions.
(d) A traveling tent-show meant to entertain and enlighten, once common in America.

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

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 Narrator forgot to pack a tent.
(c) The Narrator forgot to dig a trench around their tent.
(d) The storm came from the northeast.

4. Secondary roads are preferred by the Narrator because
(a) he is able to get better directions from people on secondary roadsthan those on main roads.
(b) he likes to have people look from their porches and wonder who he is.
(c) he leaves them with a feeling of relaxation and enjoyment.
(d) he enjoys kids waving to him when he rides by.

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

6. Annihilation ECS consisted of
(a) 88 volts of electricity to the heart.
(b) 28 electric shocks to the brain.
(c) 800 amps applied for 1.5 seconds.
(d) 28 skin pricks on the scalp.

7. What does the Narrator think he should be doing if he were a novelist instead of a Chautauqua orator?
(a) communicating with John, Sylvia and Chris
(b) talking more to Chris
(c) interacting more with John
(d) developing the characters of John, Sylvia and Chris

8. The Narrator ended the trip to Canada on the motorcycle because
(a) It was raining too hard to ride a motorcycle.
(b) Chris got sick.
(c) The motorcycle seized up.
(d) The motorcycle was out of gas.

9. The method of finding one's way through the hierarchies is by using
(a) the system.
(b) intuition.
(c) logic.
(d) the scientific method.

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

11. What does Chris want to do as Chapter 4 ends (their second night)?
(a) camp out
(b) never quit riding
(c) go shopping
(d) stop to eat

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

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

14. The course sections Phaedrus most often taught included
(a) American Literature
(b) Freshman English
(c) Grammar and Spelling
(d) English Literature

15. The Narrator approaches maintaining his motorcycle like
(a) a person entering a theater for entertainment.
(b) a person entering a home for refuge from the world.
(c) a person entering a church for a religious rite.
(d) a person entering a bar for refreshment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suffered the most from Phaedrus' isolation?

2. A turning point in Phaedrus' life came about the time he saw

3. John puts on his long underwear and plays

4. Chris remembers looking for his dad and

5. Doctrinal differences among Taoism, Hinduism, and Buddhism

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