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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator continue his dialogue with Ishmael in a new setting in Chapter 10?
(a) He convinced the Sokolows to pay for a place for him
(b) He apologizes until Ishmael relents
(c) He bribes Ishmael’s caretaker
(d) He sneaks Ishmael out of the office building

2. What knowledge does Ishmael say the early flyers would have fond useful in their attempts?
(a) The dreams flight had inspired
(b) The mechanics of birds’ wings
(c) The laws of aerodynamics
(d) The history of previous attempts to fly

3. What temptation does Ishmael say Adam succumbed to when he took the fruit from Eve in the Bible story?
(a) The temptation to have power over Eve
(b) The temptation to rule over men
(c) The temptation to live without limit
(d) The temptation to have a glorious name

4. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) That the world is a mystery no one understands
(b) That the world is made for man
(c) That man belongs in the midst, not on the top of the community of life
(d) That man is an exile in his consciousness

5. What knowledge does Ishmael say the gods have that allows them to rule the world?
(a) Knowledge of death
(b) Knowledge of life
(c) Knowledge of justice
(d) Knowledge of good and evil

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?

2. How does Ishmael say the aeronauts proceeded to learn to fly?

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

4. How does Ishmael say Takers regard the world?

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

(see the answer key)

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