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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say ‘Adam’ means?
(a) Breath
(b) Life
(c) Mankind
(d) The first man

2. According to Ishmael, which is NOT a ‘trick’ the gods played on the Takers?
(a) Failing to create man after a special fashion unique in nature
(b) Not exempting man from the laws that govern populations of animals and plants.
(c) Refusing to put the world in the center of the solar system and universe
(d) Neglecting to write down their laws for the benefit of men

3. How does the narrator say, in Chapter 4, that he got himself to see the middle of the story?
(a) By thinking about telling it to a child
(b) By thinking about the moments when he learned the story himself
(c) By thinking about writing it as a treatment for Nova
(d) By thinking about what a Martian observer would see

4. What does Ishmael say man’s importance must be, in the eyes of the gods, in the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) Man must be a creature of enormous importance
(b) Certain men must be more important than others
(c) Man must attain value as he understands the gods’ laws
(d) Man must be insignificant

5. What does Mr. Partridge tell the narrator when he inquires at the Sokolow house in Chapter 10?
(a) Where he can find Mrs. Sokolow
(b) That Mr. Sokolow’s daughter had died
(c) Why the rent was cut off
(d) Where to find Ishmael

Short Answer Questions

1. What knowledge do the gods discover that allows them to rule the world without being criminals or negligent?

2. What does the narrator find when he returns to the office building in Chapter 10 after several days away from Ishmael?

3. What does Ishmael say the world was created for, in the narrator’s story in Chapter 4?

4. How does Ishmael describe civilization’s progress in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?

(see the answer key)

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