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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is his first impression of the room in Chapter 1?
(a) Anger
(b) Emptiness
(c) Wisdom
(d) Comfort

2. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?
(a) He is a student of it
(b) He is unaware of the details of Nazi rule
(c) He is moderately well informed about it
(d) He has always gone out of his way to avoid learning about it

3. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?
(a) Someone who wanted to make an investment
(b) Someone who wanted to teach
(c) Someone who wanted to work with gorillas
(d) Someone who wanted to change the world

4. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?
(a) A scar
(b) A sense of rage
(c) A sense of dread
(d) A tumor

5. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?
(a) Mother Nature
(b) Father Time
(c) Mother Culture
(d) God the Father

Short Answer Questions

1. What terms do Ishmael’s terms ‘Takers’ and ‘Leavers’ correspond to?

2. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?

3. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?

4. From whose perspective does Ishmael tell a rival creation story in Chapter 4?

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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