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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phaedrus was a student at
(a) The University of Chicago but taught at the University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Chicago, where he also taught.
(c) The University of Illinois, where he also taught.
(d) The University of Illinois but taught at the University of Chicago.

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
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Parmenides.
(d) Socrates.

3. The Professor of Philosophy tried to
(a) scare the students into reading and studying.
(b) warn all the students not to aks questsions.
(c) shame the student who asked the question.
(d) cut Phaedrus down.

4. Phaedrus broke the syndrome of "nothing to say" by having students write about
(a) the main street of Bozeman.
(b) the idea of quality.
(c) the back of their thumb.
(d) themselves.

5. Herried is designated a Western town by the Narrator because
(a) the town only has one street.
(b) things are far apart in the town.
(c) the town is very dusty.
(d) the main gathering place is a saloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Traveling by motorcycle is unique because

2. The woman who finds him in his classroom

3. A topsy-turvy feeling of inadequacy results when

4. The kind of truth one seems to see out of the corner of one's eye or when the procedure goes haywire is called

5. The Narrator is so busy with his Chautauqua that he

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