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

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

3. What Phaedrus has talked about as Quality, Socrates describes as
(a) the Oneness.
(b) the mind.
(c) the god-head.
(d) the soul.

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

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

6. The three rhetorical options Phaedrus had available to him included all EXCEPT
(a) refuse to enter the arena with the bull.
(b) throw sand in the bull's eyes.
(c) impale himself on one of the bull's horns.
(d) attempt to sing the bull to sleep.

7. The forest near the bottom of the canyon consists mainly of
(a) pine.
(b) shrubs.
(c) broad-leafed trees.
(d) aspen.

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

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

10. What does the Narrator really want to do with the shadowy figure in his dreams?
(a) Kill him
(b) Talk to him
(c) Avoid him
(d) See him

11. Quality was kept undefined by definition in order to
(a) eliminate it from the analytical process.
(b) discover a cancer cure.
(c) send a message to the English department.
(d) quiet the estheticians.

12. What does Chris want to know about his father?
(a) what he thinks about all the time.
(b) what he thinks will happen at the end of the hike.
(c) how he became a good mountain hiker.
(d) how he knows how to cook.

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

14. The Narrator and Chris are planning to hike for
(a) two days.
(b) three days.
(c) five days.
(d) nine days.

15. When Chris falls down, he
(a) begs to go back.
(b) gets angry.
(c) starts crying.
(d) is injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. The resolution of specific problems of conscience, duty or conduct by using or interpreting ethical principles or religious doctrines is called

2. In the "train of knowledge" analogy

3. 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

4. The book that the Narrator tries to read with Chris is

5. All institutions of the System are based on

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