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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ishmael say people think about prehistory, before the agricultural revolution?
(a) Idealistically
(b) Appealing
(c) Intriguing
(d) Loathsome

2. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?
(a) There is no going back once you start
(b) Every step will correspond with a mystical experience
(c) He should pay careful attention to the route they will take
(d) He need not remember the route

3. What terms do Ishmael’s terms ‘Takers’ and ‘Leavers’ correspond to?
(a) Adults and children
(b) First world and third world
(c) Civilized and primitive
(d) Rich and poor

4. What knowledge does Ishmael say the gods have that allows them to rule the world?
(a) Knowledge of death
(b) Knowledge of good and evil
(c) Knowledge of justice
(d) Knowledge of life

5. What is the narrator’s first strategy for reconnecting to Ishmael in Chapter 10?
(a) Finding Mrs. Sokolow
(b) Driving around looking
(c) Apologizing to him
(d) Posting an ad

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the narrator to come up with the laws Ishmael asked him to define?

2. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?

3. Why does the narrator say that he understands why Ishmael asked him to define the laws himself?

4. What is the big change that has taken place at the beginning of Chapter 9?

5. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?

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