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Quiz: Meeting a Dragon

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1. The dragon referred to in "Meeting a Dragon" was
really only a cicada 
terrifying a village until the village people discovered firecrackers 
defeated by a monkey with magical powers 
Confucius 
Laozi 
Zhuangzi himself 
actually a dragon 
No Answer
2. According to the procursus to "Meeting a Dragon" Zhuangzi considered Confucius to be
the only hope to restore civility to China 
a venerable elder statesman among Chinese philosophers 
superior to Laozi intellectually, but very cold emotionally 
a pompous fool 
No Answer
3. According to the procursus Laozi treats Zigong
to a large banquet 
like an intellectual equal 
with annoying condescension 
to one of his most important sermons 
with great reverence because Zigong is so much older than Laozi 
No Answer
4. In the selection, Zigong originally wants to visit Laozi
to return the coat that Laozi lent to Confucius the day before 
to confront him with new arguments 
to look into the eyes of the old man and see his soul 
and ask to be his disciple 
to collect money that Zigong lent him long ago 
No Answer
5. At the end of the meeting between Zigong and Laozi, Zigong is
furious 
speechless 
deeply shamed 
newly impressed with the extent of Confucius' influence in the world 
able to appreciate how similar Laozi's and Confucius' views really are 
No Answer
6. Zigong's recounting of the actions of ancient rulers stresses
their differences 
their genealogical legitimacy 
the continuity of their goals and theories of government 
their youth when they came to power 
that they all were quite elderly when they finally came to power 
No Answer
7. Laozi's account of the actions of ancient rulers stresses
the selfishness that actually underlay their seemingly altruistic projects 
their constant concern with the welfare of their subjects 
how each ruler did good works, then became proud of his accomplishments, and then fell because of his excessive pride 
their tendency to separate people from nature 
No Answer
8. Laozi asserts that the wisdom of the ancients
has been hopelessly misunderstood by Confucius, who has not read carefully enough 
can never be appreciated by people of later times 
was actually a fatal foolishness 
was appropriate to the times in which they lived, but hardly eternal wisdom 
should be the basis of ethical action for all time 
No Answer
9. According to the procursus, Zigong was actually
a rich merchant, who paid for copies of ancient texts to be made, frequently having himself inserted into them 
a follower of Laozi 
a follower of Confucius 
a friend of Zhuangzi, whom Zhuangzi liked to use as a character in his stories 
an ambitious junior accountant bent on replacing Confucius in the office where they both worked. 
No Answer

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This consummately cool, pedagogically compelling, self-correcting,
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of August 28, 2014.