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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Ishmael respond when the narrator says that he does not believe that he is part of a story?
(a) He says that belief is the beginning of resistance
(b) He says that belief is unimportant
(c) He says that belief is less important than action
(d) He says that it is easier to believe in more incredible things

4. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?
(a) Ordinary
(b) Gleaming, modern
(c) Classical, proud
(d) Run-down, seedy

5. What pressure does the narrator say he feels to act out his culture’s stories?
(a) He says that if he doesn’t work, he won’t eat
(b) He says that his neighbors exclude him if he expressed doubt about the value of the culture
(c) He says that his parents have threatened to disown him if he does not follow in their footsteps
(d) He says that he has to go to admit his belief in court

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say the narrator will be the result of learning what he is teaching?

2. How does Ishmael characterize the people who recognized the mythology of Hitler’s rule, but went along with it anyway?

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

4. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?

5. How does Ishmael define a story?

(see the answer key)

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