AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

1. What was Siddhartha's purpose for staying with the Samanas?
a) to become empty
b) to learn meditation
c) to become enlightened
d) to deprive himself of food
e) to be reincarnated
 The answer is A.

2. Why is Siddhartha ultimately disappointed with the meditative techniques he learned from the Samanas?
a) Siddhartha was always uncomfortable.
b) He could have learned these things from his father.
c) They lead to too much physical and mental sufferings.
d) Siddhartha always returned to himself
e) Govinda is progressing at a faster pace.
The answer is D.

3. Siddhartha eventually realizes that the techniques used by the Samanas to achieve their goals are
a) insufficient
b) abusive
c) too efficient
d) necessary
e) disciplined
The answer is A.

4. In the passage, Siddhartha's primary attitude toward normal human life was that it appeared
a) out of reach
b) too cerebral
c) commonplace
d) commercial
e) illusory
The answer is E.

5. In order to experience the entirety of birth, life, death, and decay, one technique that Siddhartha uses is
a) starvation
b) astral projection
c) meditation
d) studying
e) concentration
The answer is C.

All of these questions are from: http://www.learnerator.com/ap-english-literature/q/1041/siddharthas-techniques