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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 the narrator find when he returns to the office building in Chapter 10 after several days away from Ishmael?
(a) Ishmael is sick
(b) Ishmael has been evicted
(c) Ishmael has died
(d) Ishmael will not talk to him

2. How does Ishmael say the aeronauts proceeded to learn to fly?
(a) By trial and error
(b) By following inspirations from their dreams
(c) By research and observation
(d) By controlled experiments

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

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 was insulted by the narrator’s days away
(b) Ishmael met another student
(c) Ishmael’s caretaker was not paying the rent
(d) Ishmael was getting old

5. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?
(a) That his creation myth is centered on mankind
(b) That his creation myth excludes the perspective of women
(c) That his creation myth is founded on falsehoods
(d) That his creation myth is damaging the earth

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say ‘Adam’ means?

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

3. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?

4. How does Ishmael characterize the gods in his description of their debates?

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

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