View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method does the narrator say he would use, to deduce the laws of the group Ishmael describes in Chapter 7?
(a) Library research
(b) Close observation
(c) Controlled experiments
(d) Interviews

2. What subsequent interruption kept the narrator from returning for another few days in Chapter 10?
(a) A work deadline
(b) Laziness
(c) A medical condition
(d) A woman

3. How does Ishmael characterize the gods in his description of their debates?
(a) As troublemakers
(b) As wise men
(c) As short-sighted people
(d) As squabblers

4. What reason explains the change of circumstances when the narrator returns to the office building after several days away from Ishmael in Chapter 10?
(a) Ishmael met another student
(b) Ishmael was getting old
(c) Ishmael was insulted by the narrator’s days away
(d) Ishmael’s caretaker was not paying the rent

5. Where does the narrator reunite with Ishmael in Chapter 10?
(a) At a carnival
(b) At another office building
(c) At a motel
(d) In the woods

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ishmael’s reference to the Second Murderer drawn from?

2. What looming crisis does Ishmael imply will correct the ‘Takers’’ excesses?

3. What does Ishmael say is the purpose of Mother Culture’s story?

4. According to Ishmael, which is NOT a ‘trick’ the gods played on the Takers?

5. What scenario does Ishmael describe in Chapter 7, which horrifies the narrator?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 334 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample