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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Narrator first helps Chris' tiredness by
(a) putting all the heavy stuff in one backpack.
(b) teaching Chris to use an aspen pole.
(c) ferrying the backpacks up the mountainside.
(d) having Chris eat lunch and take a nap.

2. The Chairman skips Socrates' description of
(a) the Truth.
(b) the One.
(c) the allegory.
(d) the horse.

3. Dialectic pertains to all the following EXCEPT
(a) a method for arriving at truth.
(b) a part of rhetoric.
(c) the nature of the dialogue.
(d) a conversation between two persons.

4. When Quality is subtracted, all EXCEPT the following are true:
(a) Life becomes very dull and uninteresting.
(b) Purely intellectual pursuits are fairly unaffected.
(c) Rationality is essentially unchanged.
(d) The world cannot function.

5. A sarcophagus is
(a) a piece of striated muscle.
(b) a room in an insane asylum.
(c) a limestone coffin.
(d) a dinosaur.

6. In many classrooms today, you will hear teachers who name, divide, subdivide, interrelate, and establish "principles" and study "methods" as if they are speaking with the voice of
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Parmenides.

7. Phaedrus was a student at
(a) The University of Chicago but taught at the University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Chicago, where he also taught.
(c) The University of Illinois, where he also taught.
(d) The University of Illinois but taught at the University of Chicago.

8. A branch of philosophy concerned with the definition of Quality is known as
(a) esthetics.
(b) eschatology.
(c) egotism.
(d) escarpment.

9. The Narrator is so busy with his Chautauqua that he
(a) falls part way down the mountain.
(b) does not interact with Chris.
(c) allows Chris to get hurt.
(d) gets separated from Chris.

10. The hyped-up, supermodern style of life is another
(a) tune-up.
(b) letdown.
(c) hang-up.
(d) setback.

11. All of the following are synonyms for "metaphysical" EXCEPT
(a) philosophical.
(b) technolgical.
(c) supernatural.
(d) theoretical.

12. Signs that Phaedrus' life is unraveling include all EXCEPT
(a) he loses touch with his students.
(b) he gets less and less sleep.
(c) he is more affected by his children's needs..
(d) he forgets about food and exercise.

13. Quality is the
(a) external aspect of stuckness.
(b) internal aspect of caring.
(c) external aspect of caring.
(d) internal aspect of stuckness.

14. If Quality is subtracted from the marketplace,
(a) more tasteful foods would be available in grocery stores.
(b) G.I. shoes would become unavailable.
(c) beverages would taste better.
(d) only basic, tasteless necessities would be carried by grocery stores.

15. Which of the following is NOT a description of a world without Quality?
(a) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
(b) Communist Russia
(c) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(d) 1984 by George Orwell

Short Answer Questions

1. When you are stuck

2. The Narrator is beginning to work out ways to

3. The Narrator has tried to reassemble the fragments of Phaedrus' thinking by

4. Which is NOT a way in which the Narrator knows that Chris is exhausted?

5. When the Narrator and Chris switched from a federal to a state highway, the scenery

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