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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The plans of Chris and the Narrator are deliberately indefinite so that
(a) the vacation can be a good time of togetherness and relaxation.
(b) they can continue until their money is gone.
(c) they can keep changing their minds about their destination.
(d) they do not have to account to anyone for their time.

2. The method of finding one's way through the hierarchies is by using
(a) the scientific method.
(b) logic.
(c) intuition.
(d) the system.

3. It was necessary for Phaedrus to have animal courage to
(a) fight the wolf he met.
(b) escape the shell of rationality.
(c) escape mental illness.
(d) endure Annihilation ECS.

4. The first part of the formal scientific method is to
(a) design and carry out experiments.
(b) state the problem.
(c) state a possible hypothesis.
(d) observe the results of experiments.

5. Who are the four people riding motorcycles on a journey?
(a) John Sutherland, his son Chris, the Narrator, his wife Sylvia
(b) Chris, his father the Narrator, John Sutherland, his wife Sylvia Sutherland
(c) John, Sylvia, Chris, Buddha
(d) The Narrator, Chris Sutherland, John Sutherland, Sylvia

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator divides human understanding into

2. A Chautauqua is

3. Sylvia says she thinks the Narrator looks like he saw a

4. In chapter 11, the Narrator and Chris seem

5. Above the timberline, the travelers see

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things John likes about Miles City, Montana? What do these indicate about the city? About John?

2. How are the people's faces in the cities different from the people's faces in the rural areas? What is the cause of the difference?

3. Why do you suppose the Narrator calls Phaedrus' office a "find?" Do you think he did not know it was Phaedrus' office when he opened the door?

4. What are the important points of skill in each part in the scientific methods process?

5. What hoped-for phenomena resulted from the abolition of grades in his classes?

6. How did Phaedrus stimulate students to think for themselves?

7. Summarize how Poincaré's ideas fit closely to Phaedrus' ideas--like two sides of a jigsaw puzzle.

8. Which gumption trap is most often a problem for you and how to you overcome it?

9. The Narrator says that the ghost Phaedrus pursued appeared incoherent and meaningless, causing the most normal of everyday acts to seem slightly mad. What everyday assumptions and purposes caused this?

10. Explain the Narrator's train of knowledge. What do the various parts represent? What cannot be represented in a way you can see it in the train analogy?

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