Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Daniel Quinn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Daniel Quinn
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 143 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subsequent interruption kept the narrator from returning for another few days in Chapter 10?
(a) A woman
(b) A work deadline
(c) A medical condition
(d) Laziness

2. Where does Ishmael say, in Chapter 7, they should look for a set of laws about how to live?
(a) Anthropology
(b) The heavens
(c) Literature
(d) Human behavior

3. What temptation does Ishmael say Adam succumbed to when he took the fruit from Eve in the Bible story?
(a) The temptation to rule over men
(b) The temptation to live without limit
(c) The temptation to have power over Eve
(d) The temptation to have a glorious name

4. What does Ishmael say is the purpose of Mother Culture’s story?
(a) To teach the listener how to fulfill him or herself
(b) To give the listener power
(c) To put the listener to sleep
(d) To weed out the weak from the strong

5. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?
(a) The law of cultural evolution
(b) The law that keeps individuals content within the community
(c) The law that keeps the community together
(d) The law of how to pass knowledge from one generation to another

Short Answer Questions

1. What knowledge does Ishmael say the gods have that allows them to rule the world?

2. How does the narrator say, in Chapter 4, that he got himself to see the middle of the story?

3. What looming crisis does Ishmael imply will correct the ‘Takers’’ excesses?

4. Where does the narrator reunite with Ishmael in Chapter 10?

5. What does Ishmael say is the consequence of thinking that the world was made for us?

(see the answer key)

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