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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first phase of Phaedrus' exploration into the meaning of the term Quality was
(a) a rigid and structured phase.
(b) a creative and fulfilling phase.
(c) a frustrating and maddening phase.
(d) a very unhappy phase.

2. The book that the Narrator tries to read with Chris is
(a) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
(b) 1984 by George Orwell
(c) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
(d) Walden by Henry David Thoreau

3. At the end of the chapter,
(a) they descend into a canyon through a series of hairpin turns.
(b) they climb up out of a canyon through a hundred hairpin turns.
(c) they stop to look into and across the enormous canyon.
(d) they passed hundreds of antlike cars in the canyon.

4. Which of the following did NOT draw up a system of geometry?
(a) Cointraire
(b) Lobachevski
(c) Riemann
(d) Euclid

5. If Quality is subtracted from the marketplace,
(a) more tasteful foods would be available in grocery stores.
(b) only basic, tasteless necessities would be carried by grocery stores.
(c) G.I. shoes would become unavailable.
(d) beverages would taste better.

6. A branch of philosophy concerned with the definition of Quality is known as
(a) escarpment.
(b) esthetics.
(c) egotism.
(d) eschatology.

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of inner peace of mind?
(a) Physical quietness
(b) Mental quietness
(c) Spiritual quietness
(d) Value quietness

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

9. Dialectic pertains to all the following EXCEPT
(a) a part of rhetoric.
(b) a conversation between two persons.
(c) a method for arriving at truth.
(d) the nature of the dialogue.

10. The Narrator has tried to reassemble the fragments of Phaedrus' thinking by
(a) sorting through many boxes of papers.
(b) asking lots of questions of his wife and friends.
(c) going every place Phaedrus went.
(d) jotting down everything he knows or is told.

11. Quality is
(a) what you like.
(b) a trait like hardness or color.
(c) a measure of worth or goodness.
(d) what others like.

12. The Narrator is so busy with his Chautauqua that he
(a) allows Chris to get hurt.
(b) gets separated from Chris.
(c) falls part way down the mountain.
(d) does not interact with Chris.

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

14. The Narrator and Chris are planning to hike for
(a) five days.
(b) two days.
(c) nine days.
(d) three days.

15. The Narrator tells a story about camping in the mountains and being surprised by a
(a) buffalo.
(b) deer.
(c) moose.
(d) partridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a person's motorcycle backfires sometimes, what type of gumption trap would that be?

2. The resolution of specific problems of conscience, duty or conduct by using or interpreting ethical principles or religious doctrines is called

3. Value is all the following EXCEPT

4. The Chairman skips Socrates' description of

5. Why does Chris think Chicago was better?

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