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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ishmael say is the exception to the story of the narrator’s culture?
(a) The very rich
(b) People in socialized countries
(c) Urban poor people
(d) A few thousand savages worldwide

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

3. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?
(a) Someone who wanted to teach
(b) Someone who wanted to change the world
(c) Someone who wanted to work with gorillas
(d) Someone who wanted to make an investment

4. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he had always hoped to see an ad like this, but feels he had missed his chance
(b) Because he had once wanted to save the world
(c) Because he had never had any response when he ran similar ads himself
(d) Because he had once taught lessons in saving the world himself

5. What does the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?
(a) A temple
(b) A zoo
(c) A library
(d) An atmospheric brownstone

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?

3. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?

4. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?

5. What is the literary term that describes the narrator’s directly addressing the reader?

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