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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whose benefit does Ishmael say the Leavers accumulate and preserve knowledge?
(a) The community of life
(b) Their food supply
(c) The creatures they are responsible for
(d) Themselves

2. What does Ishmael ask the narrator to leave and come back with in Chapter 11?
(a) A legitimate reason for asking about the Leavers
(b) A plan for his future care
(c) An explanation for his ailments
(d) A genuine apology

3. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he had never had any response when he ran similar ads himself
(b) Because he had once wanted to save the world
(c) Because he had always hoped to see an ad like this, but feels he had missed his chance
(d) Because he had once taught lessons in saving the world himself

4. How does Ishmael describe the first farmers?
(a) Scientists
(b) Bureaucrats
(c) Technocrats
(d) Blunderers

5. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?
(a) That his creation myth excludes the perspective of women
(b) That his creation myth is founded on falsehoods
(c) That his creation myth is damaging the earth
(d) That his creation myth is centered on mankind

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the 1960s?

2. How does the narrator characterize Art Owens?

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

4. According to Ishmael, which is NOT a ‘trick’ the gods played on the Takers?

5. What excuse does the narrator make when he changes his plan in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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