Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Test | Final Test - Easy

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 216 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The most frustrating muscle trap is
(a) inadequate tools.
(b) boredom.
(c) bad surroundings.
(d) parts problems.

2. Without the Sutherlands
(a) it is more peaceful.
(b) Chris becomes withdrawn.
(c) Chris and his dad talk more.
(d) it is very lonely.

3. Poincaré's "subliminal self" corresponds to Phaedrus'
(a) esthetic feeling.
(b) Intellectual reality.
(c) preintellectual awareness.
(d) domain of consciousness.

4. The person whose philosophy seemed to fit closely to the other side of Phaedrus' philosophy was
(a) Robinson Crusoe
(b) Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
(c) Jules Henri Poincaré
(d) Bertrand Russell

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

6. When Phaedrus reads "Phaedrus" he is impressed by
(a) the emotions expressed.
(b) the poetic imagery.
(c) the condemning spirit.
(d) the double meanings of the words.

7. The Professor of Philosophy tried to
(a) scare the students into reading and studying.
(b) shame the student who asked the question.
(c) cut Phaedrus down.
(d) warn all the students not to aks questsions.

8. Why does Chris think Chicago was better?
(a) His father was in the hospital.
(b) His father told stories and played games with him.
(c) He had more friends in the city.
(d) His father was gone all the time.

9. When the Narrator and Chris switched from a federal to a state highway, the scenery
(a) changed to high plateaus and canyons.
(b) changed to high-tech factories and shopping centers.
(c) changed to rolling hills and creeks.
(d) changed to old, weathered buildings surrounded by grass and wildflowers.

10. Phaedrus used the number zero as a means of showing
(a) scientific materialism.
(b) classic formalism.
(c) reductio ad absurdum.
(d) subjective elimination.

11. The second phase of Phaedrus' exploration into the meaning of Quality included all EXCEPT
(a) the loss of everything tangible in his life.
(b) a trip to the mountains for rest and relaxation.
(c) a nervous breakdown.
(d) an large hierarchical structure of thought.

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

13. The Narrator compares climbing the mountain to
(a) a maze to find one's way through life.
(b) a hardship to be overcome.
(c) a higher society to be reached.
(d) a spiritual goal to be reached.

14. In the "train of knowledge" analogy
(a) the train must be stopped for the analogy to work.
(b) Romantic Knowledge is the leading edge of the engine.
(c) Romantic Knowledge is the train track.
(d) Classic Knowledge is the train's caboose.

15. According to the Narrator, the twentieth century is characterized by
(a) a chaotic, disconnected spirit.
(b) a search for the truth.
(c) a search for Quality.
(d) a desire to make Religion, Science and Art agree.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Quality is subtracted, all EXCEPT the following are true:

2. Which of the following is NOT a description of a world without Quality?

3. If Quality exists in the object,

4. What does the Narrator really want to do with the shadowy figure in his dreams?

5. When you are stuck

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