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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first phase of Phaedrus' exploration into the meaning of the term Quality was
(a) a creative and fulfilling phase.
(b) a frustrating and maddening phase.
(c) a rigid and structured phase.
(d) a very unhappy phase.

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

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

4. Which of the following did NOT draw up a system of geometry?
(a) Euclid
(b) Cointraire
(c) Riemann
(d) Lobachevski

5. The concept that "a thing exists if a world without it can't function normally" is which branch of philosophy?
(a) epistemology
(b) surrealism
(c) realism
(d) esthetics

6. The resolution of specific problems of conscience, duty or conduct by using or interpreting ethical principles or religious doctrines is called
(a) rationality.
(b) casually.
(c) casuistry.
(d) religionality.

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

8. Phaedrus broke the syndrome of "nothing to say" by having students write about
(a) themselves.
(b) the back of their thumb.
(c) the main street of Bozeman.
(d) the idea of quality.

9. Which of the following statements about modern technology was NOT part of the Narrator's feelings?
(a) The user of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(b) The creator of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(c) The viewer of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.
(d) The owner of it feels no particular sense of identity with it.

10. Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of inner peace of mind?
(a) Spiritual quietness
(b) Value quietness
(c) Mental quietness
(d) Physical quietness

11. Quality is
(a) a measure of worth or goodness.
(b) what you like.
(c) what others like.
(d) a trait like hardness or color.

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

13. All institutions of the System are based on
(a) the Church of Reason.
(b) the ability to teach.
(c) individual weakness.
(d) intelligent beings.

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) only basic, tasteless necessities would be carried by grocery stores.
(d) beverages would taste better.

15. The Immortal Principle was NOT called
(a) air by Anaximenes.
(b) fire by Heraclitus.
(c) rock by Piney.
(d) water by Thales.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second phase of Phaedrus' exploration into the meaning of Quality included all EXCEPT

2. At the end of the chapter,

3. Dialectic pertains to all the following EXCEPT

4. Phaedrus was a student at

5. The Narrator and Chris are planning to hike for

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