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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. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?
(a) She is too dynamic.
(b) She is too static.
(c) She is too self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.
(d) She is unable to understand his intellectualism.

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

3. In the pursuit of discovering what is right and wrong, what could no longer be blindly trusted in the early days after World War II?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Hedonism.
(c) Customs.
(d) Intellectuals.

4. What is Rigel's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Engineer.

5. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."
(a) Values.
(b) Quality.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Franz Boas?

2. Why must the "first division" be completely correct?

3. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.

4. What does Lila contemplate swearing off forever as she makes her way back to Phaedrus?

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

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