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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) A bottle with a message.
(b) A length of chain.
(c) A doll.
(d) A photograph.

2. What school did Phaedrus attend as a boy?
(a) Yale.
(b) Milford.
(c) Williamson.
(d) Blake.

3. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Spot.
(c) Astrix.
(d) Bandito.

4. Who does Lila believe stole her wallet and other items from her purse?
(a) Jamie.
(b) She thinks she must have lost them herself.
(c) Fatso.
(d) Phaedrus.

5. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 18 told?
(a) Fatso.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Lila.

6. What weapon is particularly mentioned in Chapter 22 as helping to have changed the world's outlook on war?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Atom bomb.
(c) Gatling gun.
(d) Nuclear weapons.

7. Where does the hallucination of Lila's dog lead her at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) The boat.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The bar.
(d) The police station.

8. Of what were the Victorians apparently ignorant during the onset of World War I?
(a) Their armies were poorly equipped.
(b) Their sons were being sent off to die.
(c) Their government would not protect them.
(d) They were the invading army.

9. Which of the following is not one of the perceptions Phaedrus believes people such as Lila, Rigel, and the famous actor have of him?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Hero.
(c) Moral degenerate.
(d) Romantic partner.

10. If Phaedrus allows his book to be made into a movie, what will be lost to the social pattern of values which will undoubtedly become the focus of the film?
(a) Anthropological connections.
(b) Intellectual patterns.
(c) Dynamic quality.
(d) Static quality.

11. 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) Hedonism.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Customs.
(d) Spirituality.

12. What are the different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus that he ponders after his meeting with the actor?
(a) Celebrity and ground-level.
(b) Sexual and intellectual.
(c) Mental and physical.
(d) Spiritual and physical.

13. What does Phaedrus regard as being the term that encompasses the conflict between social and intellectual patterns?
(a) Reality.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Media.
(d) Celebrity.

14. What is Lila's state-of-mind at the end of Chapter 18 when she leaves the restaurant?
(a) Giddy.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Mischievous.
(d) Angry.

15. According to Phaedrus, the Victorians believe that the patterns of society will always dominate the patterns of _______.
(a) Quality.
(b) Biology.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is subject-object science unable to deal with morals?

2. What Quality does Phaedrus believe is beyond Lila in Chapter 17?

3. For what sort of Quality does Phaedrus believe Lila only looks?

4. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?

5. What appears to be behind Lila's offer to Jamie?

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