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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) write an essay on one brick.
(b) write an essay on the main street of Bozeman.
(c) leave the class and not come back until it was written.
(d) write an essay on the United States.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Which is NOT a way in which the Narrator knows that Chris is exhausted?
(a) He does not look at his father.
(b) His face is flushed.
(c) His expression is distant.
(d) He is walking faster and faster.

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

7. At the end of the chapter,
(a) they climb up out of a canyon through a hundred hairpin turns.
(b) they descend into a canyon through a series of hairpin turns.
(c) they stop to look into and across the enormous canyon.
(d) they passed hundreds of antlike cars in the canyon.

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

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

10. Dialectic pertains to all the following EXCEPT
(a) a part of rhetoric.
(b) the nature of the dialogue.
(c) a method for arriving at truth.
(d) a conversation between two persons.

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

12. If Quality is subtracted from the marketplace,
(a) only basic, tasteless necessities would be carried by grocery stores.
(b) G.I. shoes would become unavailable.
(c) more tasteful foods would be available in grocery stores.
(d) beverages would taste better.

13. The Narrator becomes scared and decides NOT to
(a) sell the motorcycle in San Francisco.
(b) check himself into a hospital.
(c) send Chris home on a bus.
(d) ride the cycle back to Minnesota.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator tells a story about camping in the mountains and being surprised by a

2. Why does Chris think Chicago was better?

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

4. When Chris falls down, he

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

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