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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the work, in Taker culture, of killing off nature?
(a) Holy
(b) Sacrilegious
(c) Tragic
(d) Necessary

2. What does Ishmael say the narrator needs to tell him in Chapter 8 before the dialogue can resume?
(a) What he is willing to give up when the collapse comes
(b) What the law is that has been working from the beginning of time
(c) What the community is in which man is only one member among equals
(d) What the end result of the Takers’ civilization will be

3. What event does Ishmael say correlates to the birth of the Takers’ story?
(a) The development of trade routes
(b) The birth of agriculture
(c) The discovery of metallurgy
(d) The beginning of writing

4. How does Ishmael characterize man’s progress, once he discovered agriculture?
(a) Fits and starts
(b) Slow, till he learned how to navigate the ocean
(c) Meteoric
(d) Plodding

5. What assumption does Ishmael say the Takers must have made about the world in order to follow the laws they follow?
(a) That time was running out for the world unless they could fix it
(b) That man can only return to nature through culture
(c) That men are demi-gods
(d) That there is something fundamentally wrong with humankind

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?

2. What does the narrator say he feels when he takes a few days off from his discussion with Ishmael in Chapter 8?

3. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 5, man did once he made the development that distinguished him from his ancestors?

4. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?

5. What scenario does Ishmael introduce to test the narrator’s ideas about his imaginary culture?

(see the answer key)

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