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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say man’s importance must be, in the eyes of the gods, in the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) Man must attain value as he understands the gods’ laws
(b) Man must be insignificant
(c) Certain men must be more important than others
(d) Man must be a creature of enormous importance

2. 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 is damaging the earth
(c) That his creation myth is founded on falsehoods
(d) That his creation myth excludes the perspective of women

3. How long ago did the Leavers’ story come into existence?
(a) 300 years ago
(b) 2-3 million years
(c) 200 years ago
(d) 2-3 thousand years

4. In Chapter 4, how does the narrator say men used to live before they became men?
(a) Like the least noble creatures
(b) He says that they were always men
(c) Like the chosen creatures
(d) Like every other creature

5. What does the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?
(a) A temple
(b) A zoo
(c) An atmospheric brownstone
(d) A library

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?

2. What end does Ishmael say he foresees for the Takers’ culture?

3. What pressure does the narrator say he feels to act out his culture’s stories?

4. How does Ishmael respond when the narrator says that he does not believe that he is part of a story?

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

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