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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The book that the Narrator tries to read with Chris is
(a) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
(b) Walden by Henry David Thoreau
(c) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(d) 1984 by George Orwell

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

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

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

11. The shadowy figure keeping the Narrator from opening the door in his dreams is
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Chris' mother.
(c) the Narrator.
(d) Chris.

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

13. 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 rolling hills and creeks.
(c) changed to old, weathered buildings surrounded by grass and wildflowers.
(d) changed to high-tech factories and shopping centers.

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

15. When the student could not write an essay on Bozeman, Phaedrus told her to
(a) write an essay on the United States.
(b) write an essay on one brick.
(c) leave the class and not come back until it was written.
(d) write an essay on the main street of Bozeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although Phaedrus was sure he had found the right Ph.D. program, he discovered that his thesis idea was opposed to the views of

2. When Chris falls down, he

3. The idea of eliminating degrees and grades

4. The Narrator is beginning to work out ways to

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

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