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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the "train of knowledge" analogy
2. In many classrooms today, you will hear teachers who name, divide, subdivide, interrelate, and establish "principles" and study "methods" as if they are speaking with the voice of
3. Which of the following statements about modern technology was NOT part of the Narrator's feelings?
4. The concept that "a thing exists if a world without it can't function normally" is which branch of philosophy?
5. The book that the Narrator tries to read with Chris is
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Various types of evidence can be used as proof of something. Hard evidence of having gone to a concert would be the ticket stub. Memories of what was sung at the concert would be another type of evidence. Intuition that proves true about the best parking spot for the concert is a third type of evidence. Give one example of each of four ways in which the Narrator knows that Phaedrus existed.
Essay Topic 2
The Narrator says it is good to be in a state of "stuckness." What is "stuckness" and why is a good? What does it allow one's mind to do? Give an example of the Narrator being stuck and then using it to do or say something better than he would have if he had kept going in the original direction.
Essay Topic 3
At what point in the book did you realize that Phaedrus and the Narrator are the same person? What clues are given? At what point do the two actually merge into one and the same person in the book? Give reasons for your answer.
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