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

2. What did he discover about his spark plugs?
(a) They were both quite dirty.
(b) One was broken.
(c) One was quite dirty, but the other was not.
(d) They both looked fine.

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

4. John and Sylvia intensified their suffering by
(a) focusing on the heat.
(b) fighting with the Narrator.
(c) worrying about Chris.
(d) thinking about Phaedrus.

5. As the Narrator rides past the marshes he sees
(a) a red-winged blackbird.
(b) a ring-tailed pheasant.
(c) a pin-tail duck.
(d) a robin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Phaedrus gave up chasing the ghost of rationality and

2. Phaedrus was despondent about his inability to

3. The Narrator's tenseness and apprehension about going back to Bozeman are similar to the feelings felt by

4. The point at which Phaedrus gave up on Oriental wisdom was when a professor called the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

5. A priori knowledge is an idea that was proposed by

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why was Phaedrus repulsed by Yellowstone Park? What do you think is Yellowstone's real-life parallel?

3. The Narrator seems to be descending into an abyss as he relates the details of Phaedrus' descent into a full mental breakdown. Why do you think he quit attending the class with the Chairman and then quit teaching his own classes?

4. The breakthrough of blue sky allows the Narrator and Chris to see the top of the ridge they are climbing. At the same time, the Narrator seems to reach a breakthrough in his Chautauqua. What did Phaedrus realize about Quality that was such a breakthrough?

5. Which question would you prefer to ask your friends: "What's new?" or "What is best?" Which question would you rather have people ask you?

6. No two motorcycle manufacturers split up the motorcycle parts in the same way. What did the Narrator mean by this? The Narrator talks about the knife they use to split up the parts and then talks about how Phaedrus used the knife creatively, yet analytically. To what do you think the Narrator is alluding to?

7. All through chapter 18, Chris pushes himself to keep climbing and to do it at a fairly good rate even though this was his very first mountain climb or even hike into mountains. What was motivating him and why?

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. Sentence fragments are exchanged between the Narrator and the young woman who comes into the classroom. What do we learn about rumors concerning Phaedrus (the Narrator) that circulated in the English department? What do you think is the young woman's role at the university at this time?

10. How do the DeWeeses respond to seeing the Narrator again? What are their actions and reactions? What are their emotions and thoughts?

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