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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 5, man did once he made the development that distinguished him from his ancestors?
(a) Set about discovering himself
(b) Set about mastering the world
(c) Set about telling stories about the exile from the Garden
(d) Set about learning from the animals

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

3. What does the narrator say was removed when man learned to farm?
(a) The desire for earthly paradise
(b) The need to have respect for animals
(c) The limitations of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle
(d) The temptation to control nature

4. Where does the narrator say the conquest narrative in Chapter 6 ends?
(a) With the conquest of outer space
(b) With rebellion and collapse
(c) With the conquest of all knowledge
(d) With the mapping of DNA and the brain

5. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?
(a) Tenderness
(b) Terror
(c) Curiosity
(d) Comfort

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing that the narrator says the Takers do, which is not done in nature?

2. How does Ishmael characterize the Takers’ response to the law he and the narrator discuss in Chapter 8?

3. What does the narrator answer when Ishmael asks him, in Chapter 5, what man’s destiny is?

4. Where, in the narrator’s account, does the destruction of the earth get reversed?

5. What does Ishmael say is the pinnacle of the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

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