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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He submits to his priests' punishment.
(b) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(c) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.
(d) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.

2. According to Phaedrus, who attempts to imitate American Indians?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Frontier men.
(d) Pilgrims.

3. According to the Metaphysics of Quality, what theory is used in conjunction with the idea of life generally having a purpose in regards to Phaedrus' ideas on static versus dynamic Quality?
(a) Death.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Afterlife.
(d) Evolution.

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

5. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Eleven thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) One hundred thousand.

6. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.
(a) Abstinence.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Physical fitness.
(d) Sexuality.

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

8. Who is Franz Boas?
(a) Dusenberry's best friend.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Anthropology professor.
(d) Lila's former lover.

9. Why must the "first division" be completely correct?
(a) The rest of the classification will always be incorrect.
(b) The system can otherwise be easily disproved.
(c) The rest of the world will only be able to look into the first division for guidance.
(d) The first division is likened to the control in a scientific experiment.

10. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?
(a) World War II.
(b) The revolutionary sixties.
(c) The Roaring 20s.
(d) Prohibition.

11. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?
(a) Franz Boas.
(b) Vernon Dusenberry.
(c) Richard Rigel.
(d) William James Sidis.

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

13. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?
(a) Scientific principle.
(b) Persecution.
(c) Modern living.
(d) Objectivity.

14. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
(a) Learned behavior.
(b) Car engine.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Chess strategy.

15. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?
(a) Value as a concept confuses, rather than clarifies.
(b) Values are impossible to ponder objectively.
(c) The term "value" no longer has any meaning in today's world.
(d) Value is too fickle for a scientific brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

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

3. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

4. What breakthrough excites Phaedrus in Chapter 12?

5. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?

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