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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are values not considered to be a proper platform for a scientific analysis?
(a) Values are dependent upon factors beyond anthropology.
(b) Values are too mandated by the government.
(c) Values are considered to be amateurish in practice.
(d) Values are deemed too hard to quantify.

2. What established law does Phaedrus cite as being an example of an evolving static pattern?
(a) Law of Attraction.
(b) Law of Logic.
(c) Law of Gravity.
(d) Law of Life.

3. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
(a) Living in a vacuum of morality.
(b) Loss of one's identity.
(c) Destruction.
(d) A decay in the moral fiber of society.

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

5. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will apply values to actual experience.
(b) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."
(c) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(d) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lila and Phaedrus do in Chapter 15?

2. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

3. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?

4. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?

5. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?

(see the answer key)

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