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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. The Narrator has tried to reassemble the fragments of Phaedrus' thinking by
(a) sorting through many boxes of papers.
(b) asking lots of questions of his wife and friends.
(c) jotting down everything he knows or is told.
(d) going every place Phaedrus went.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator becomes scared and decides NOT to

2. A branch of philosophy concerned with the definition of Quality is known as

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of inner peace of mind?

4. When Quality is subtracted from the world as Phaedrus knew it, he discovered that the fine arts disappeared. What else disappeared?

5. When you are stuck

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