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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?
(a) Father Time
(b) God the Father
(c) Mother Nature
(d) Mother Culture

2. How long ago did the Takers’ story come into existence?
(a) 200-300 years ago
(b) 2,000 years ago
(c) 20-30 thousand years ago
(d) 10-12 thousand years ago

3. Where does Ishmael say mankind’s flaw is?
(a) In its story of its origins
(b) In the divine plan for mankind
(c) In the development of agriculture
(d) In human nature itself

4. What does the narrator find on the arm of his chair during his third dialogue with Ishmael?
(a) A tape recorder
(b) A camera
(c) A notebook
(d) An ax

5. How does Ishmael characterize the Takers’ response to the law he and the narrator discuss in Chapter 8?
(a) They found that they could get away with breaking it indefinitely
(b) They argued that it was against their constitution
(c) They found that they could use it to their unfair advantage
(d) They claimed that it did not apply to them

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael characterize the people who recognized the mythology of Hitler’s rule, but went along with it anyway?

2. What is the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

3. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?

4. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 8, he would be looking for?

5. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?

(see the answer key)

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