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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 say, in Chapter 7, Mother Culture says about humanity’s relation to nature’s laws?
(a) That there is always a price for breaking them
(b) That they do not apply to man
(c) That they can never be broken
(d) That wise men and criminals can get away with breaking them, but the general populace cannot

2. How does the narrator say, in Chapter 4, that he got himself to see the middle of the story?
(a) By thinking about what a Martian observer would see
(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 telling it to a child

3. What looming crisis does Ishmael imply will correct the ‘Takers’’ excesses?
(a) Famine
(b) Drought
(c) Warfare
(d) Population explosion

4. 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) Interviews
(d) Controlled experiments

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael propose, in Chapter 7, to learn how they can find out for themselves how to live?

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

3. In Chapter 4, why does the narrator say he does not display the emotion he wants when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?

4. From whose perspective does Ishmael tell a rival creation story in Chapter 4?

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

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