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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Quality exists in the object,
(a) Phaedrus should be able to define it.
(b) scientific instruments should be able to detect and measure it.
(c) people should be able to see and feel it.
(d) it is just a fancy name for a bunch of nonsense.

2. Quality was kept undefined by definition in order to
(a) quiet the estheticians.
(b) discover a cancer cure.
(c) eliminate it from the analytical process.
(d) send a message to the English department.

3. Value is all the following EXCEPT
(a) the predecessor of structure.
(b) an irrelevant off-shoot of structure.
(c) the preintellectual awareness.
(d) the leading edge of reality.

4. Phaedrus decided that schools teach people to
(a) create.
(b) learn.
(c) initiate.
(d) imitate.

5. When Quality is subtracted, all EXCEPT the following are true:
(a) Purely intellectual pursuits are fairly unaffected.
(b) Rationality is essentially unchanged.
(c) Life becomes very dull and uninteresting.
(d) The world cannot function.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Narrator compares climbing the mountain to

2. Why does Chris think Chicago was better?

3. Phaedrus used the number zero as a means of showing

4. The concept that "a thing exists if a world without it can't function normally" is which branch of philosophy?

5. Which of the following is NOT a description of a world without Quality?

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