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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) That the world is a mystery no one understands
(b) That the world is made for man
(c) That man belongs in the midst, not on the top of the community of life
(d) That man is an exile in his consciousness

2. What does Ishmael say the narrator will be the result of learning what he is teaching?
(a) He will be isolated
(b) He will want to become religious
(c) He will become a writer
(d) He will go to war

3. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?
(a) Terror
(b) Comfort
(c) Curiosity
(d) Tenderness

4. Why does the narrator say he answers the newspaper ad?
(a) To see what he can learn
(b) To make sure that it is just a scam
(c) To be part of the crowd
(d) To see who else shows up

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael say the gods must have seen the world before man, according to the narrator’s culture’s story?

2. What reason explains the change of circumstances when the narrator returns to the office building after several days away from Ishmael in Chapter 10?

3. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?

4. What assumption does Ishmael say the Takers must have made about the world in order to follow the laws they follow?

5. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 5, is man’s purpose on the earth?

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