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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Phaedrus's headmaster's thoughts on the concepts of grace and morals?
(a) One lost them over time.
(b) One could only aspire to them.
(c) One could only be granted these by spiritual means.
(d) One was born with them.

2. Why is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?
(a) She is forced to watch him get drunk without her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) There is no food on the boat.
(d) He refuses to allow her to sail the boat.

3. What does Phaedrus believe to be the last static social pattern in history?
(a) The Sixties.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Victorian era.

4. What does Lila leave with the waiter when she is unable to pay her bill?
(a) Phaedrus's name.
(b) Phaedrus's publisher's address and phone number.
(c) The hotel in which Phaedrus is staying.
(d) The location and name of the boat.

5. Why does Lila leave her boyfriend?
(a) He beats her.
(b) She falls in love with Phaedrus.
(c) He is cheating on her.
(d) She is bored with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reasons does this actor come to see Phaedrus in Chapter 19?

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?

3. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?

4. To what does Phaedrus compare the Giant of his city analogy in Chapter 17?

5. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?

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