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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does the narrator recognize Ishmael in Chapter 1?
(a) When Ishmael speaks to him
(b) When he is staring into his own eyes
(c) When the keeper forces Ishmael to move
(d) When Ishmael growls

3. How does the narrator say that Hermann Hesse presents Leo’s “awesome secret wisdom”?
(a) He says that Leo describes it as a mystical vision
(b) He says that the novel does not describe it
(c) He says that the novel describes it in code
(d) He says that the novel is enigmatic on the topic of the wisdom

4. What is a koan?
(a) A riddle
(b) A paradox
(c) A spur to meditation
(d) A secret.

5. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?
(a) He need not remember the route
(b) Every step will correspond with a mystical experience
(c) He should pay careful attention to the route they will take
(d) There is no going back once you start

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?

2. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?

3. Why does the narrator say he answers the newspaper ad?

4. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?

5. What does the narrator say is his first impression of the room in Chapter 1?

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