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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 Narrator says that some cultures believe in ghosts in the same way that other cultures
(a) believe in the law of gravity.
(b) believe in eye contact.
(c) believe the earth is round.
(d) believe in evil spirits.

2. A Chautauqua is
(a) A chat room on the internet for specialized discussions.
(b) A carnival that sets up on the streets of small American towns.
(c) A Middle Eastern philosophy.
(d) A traveling tent-show meant to entertain and enlighten, once common in America.

3. Einstein said:
(a) The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite, increasing as more are tested.
(b) Knowledge comes from man. Man provides the hypotheses.
(c) Knowledge comes from intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding of experience.
(d) Scientific knowledge comes from nature. Nature provides the hypotheses.

4. The group crossed the Missouri River at
(a) Mobridge
(b) Hague
(c) Mudbridge
(d) Bismarck

5. Sylvia is frightened by
(a) a cardboard carton on the road.
(b) a truck with a trailer in their lane.
(c) the Narrator's bike rolling in the ditch.
(d) the gravel on the side of the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In all Oriental religions great value is placed upon

2. A topsy-turvy feeling of inadequacy results when

3. Secondary roads are preferred by the Narrator because

4. The first part of the formal scientific method is to

5. The building where Phaedrus taught was

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is there that the Sutherlands and the Narrator disagree about technology?

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

3. Give an example of each type of logic.

4. A society which kills multitudes in wars, pollutes the land and oceans, and destroys the dignity of individuals is said to be a higher society than one that hunts and gathers. How can that be rationally explained?

5. Chris' Indian friend's grandmother said that ghosts appear when someone has not been buried right. How does that relate to the discussions of the Narrator about Phaedrus? At what times and in what places does Phaedrus appear?

6. The Narrator talks about the set of boxes which define the components of a motorcycle. If you start at the top with "motorcycle" and work to the next level, you have "components" and "functions;" at the next level "components" are divided into "power assembly" and "running assembly." Where else do we find such hierarchies? Give examples of this pyramidal structure of hierarchical organization charts in business, science, and government. Can you think of others?

7. What types of things are so dependent on Quality that they would be significantly changed or nonexistent if Quality did not exist?

8. How are the tasks that the Narrator and Chris perform related to the discourse of this chapter?

9. Why did John and Sylvia get angry with the Narrator?

10. What is a priori knowledge and how are time and space examples of a priori knowledge?

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