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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. John wants to camp
(a) on the bank of the Missouri River.
(b) at a park in the middle of Lemmon.
(c) at a reservoir near Lemmon.
(d) at a campground to the south of Lemmon.

2. Chris remembers looking for his dad and
(a) shopping in Bozeman.
(b) climbing the mountains.
(c) getting ice cream cones.
(d) seeing a house with a funny roof.

3. The travelers stay in cabins in Gardiner made by the owner who is a craftsman as evidenced by
(a) the many flowers planted around each cabin.
(b) how old the couple is who own the cabins.
(c) the careful attention to detail in the windows, doors, and moldings.
(d) the sign that is hung in the cabin.

4. Unpacking at the campground is difficult due to
(a) Sylvia's complaining.
(b) the lack of help from Chris.
(c) the flashlight's disappearance.
(d) the extreme exhaustion of the group.

5. The kind of truth one seems to see out of the corner of one's eye or when the procedure goes haywire is called
(a) frontal truth.
(b) lateral truth.
(c) literal truth.
(d) bilateral truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 11, the Narrator and Chris seem

2. Who are the four people riding motorcycles on a journey?

3. The Narrator does not feel the faster speeds are good because

4. What did he discover about his spark plugs?

5. The professor meant that the bombing of the Japanese cities

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example of each type of logic.

2. In what ways was Phaedrus changed by his studies in India? How did his background in science help or hinder him in learning to think like the Orientals?

3. In chapter 13, the Narrator talks about Phaedrus' lecture about the "real university." What is a "real university" or a "real high school?" Start by explaining what a "real university" or a "real high school" is not. What is the primary goal of the "real university" or "real high school?"

4. Chapter 30 is a chapter full of defeat: Phaedrus is unburied; the Narrator is on the brink of insanity again; the Narrator has lost touch with Chris; Chris is despondent and frustrated and angry, and Chris is in danger of following in Phaedrus' footsteps into insanity. What glimmer of hope occurs to the Narrator as he tries to deal with Chris' emotions?

5. The Narrator chose a trip with various types of terrain as the backdrop for this book on philosophy. Every description is in the book for a reason. What does the 11,000 foot mountain summit represent? What do the switchcbacks correspond to the thinking being done at that time? Do the paved roads represent something? If so, what? What does the shining wall across the misty harbor seem to denote?

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

7. What is the Narrator's personality theory of motorcycles? (How does a motorcycle acquire a unique personality? What makes up a motorcycle's personality?)

8. Explain what is meant by "Peace of mind produces right values which produce right thoughts which produce right actions which produce work that is inspiring in its completeness with nature and the human mind."

9. How does the Narrator show that Phaedrus is becoming more and more mentally unbalanced (insane)? Trace some of the ideas and words that help us understand that he is losing touch with reality and thinks he is a type of god.

10. In Chapter 1, the Narrator says that sometimes when truth knocks on the door you tell it to go away because you are looking for truth. He also introduces the idea of the Chautauqua, saying he will be concerned more with the question of "What is best?" than the question of "What's new?" How are those ideas related to one another?

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