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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ishmael say he was born?
(a) Tibet.
(b) West Africa
(c) Memphis
(d) India

2. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?
(a) Curiosity
(b) Comfort
(c) Tenderness
(d) Terror

3. What does Ishmael say the narrator will be the result of learning what he is teaching?
(a) He will become a writer
(b) He will be isolated
(c) He will go to war
(d) He will want to become religious

4. What terms do Ishmael’s terms ‘Takers’ and ‘Leavers’ correspond to?
(a) First world and third world
(b) Adults and children
(c) Rich and poor
(d) Civilized and primitive

5. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?
(a) A phonograph
(b) A set of tools
(c) A stove
(d) A bookcase

Short Answer Questions

1. What pressure does the narrator say he feels to act out his culture’s stories?

2. What is a koan?

3. What does the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?

4. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?

5. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?

(see the answer key)

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