Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Daniel Quinn
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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Daniel Quinn
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ishmael say people were looking, when they came to the conclusion that man had undermined the universe’s plan, that he would rule nature?
(a) To the order of the cosmos
(b) To human history itself
(c) To the squalor of cities
(d) To the tragedy of warfare

2. How does Ishmael say Takers regard the world?
(a) As a gift to be cherished
(b) As a garden of provisions
(c) As an animal to be domesticated
(d) As life-support for human beings

3. What event does Ishmael put at 8,000 B.C. on his timeline?
(a) The beginning of written culture
(b) The discovery of metallurgy
(c) The agricultural revolution
(d) The beginning of conquest-based warfare

4. What does Ishmael tell the narrator to do, when the narrator cannot say what man’s destiny is in Chapter 5?
(a) Think mythologically
(b) Think historically
(c) Think metaphorically
(d) Think emotionally

5. What knowledge do the gods discover that allows them to rule the world without being criminals or negligent?
(a) The knowledge of the future
(b) The knowledge of life
(c) The knowledge of who shall live and who shall die
(d) The knowledge of secret texts

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say the conquest narrative in Chapter 6 ends?

2. Why is Ishmael reticent about telling the narrator what he wants to know in Chapter 11?

3. After the narrator describes his law, how does Ishmael reword it?

4. What does Ishmael say made Germans captive under Hitler?

5. Why does the narrator say he feels a particular feeling after taking a few days off from his discussion with the narrator in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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