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Zen Motor Quiz Review

Authored by Jonathan Ayer

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

Zen Motor Quiz Review
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name for the philosophical discourses Pirsig uses in the novel?

Chautauquas

Chit Chats

Chowhogs

Sophist Soliloquys

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What object is used to symbolize a metaphorical physical barrier of the division he’s created between he and his family?

A Ghost

Glass Door

Motorcycle

A Buddha

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author’s use of motorcycle maintenance seems to apply to the narrator’s allegory in that it represents a means to an end for two divided souls, such as he and his son, to reach a tipping point of destruction.

TRUE

FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the conflicts the narrator appears to wrestle with and attempt to resolve is the opposing forces of religion such as Zen versus Greek mythology.

TRUE

FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following settings was used by the author as a metaphor for the spiritual realizations the narrator had on Quality, ego, and the nature of his relationship with his son?

The Storm

The Plains

The Cliff

The Mountain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the gumption traps the narrator explains?

Internal or "hang-ups"

External or "setbacks"

Ethereal or "other worldly"

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term the narrator reflects on that is Japanese meaning "no thing."

Zen

Tao

Mu

Gumption

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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