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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 is mythical about the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?
(a) The implied redemption
(b) The chronology
(c) The arrangement of the facts
(d) The facts themselves

2. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?
(a) Throws it in the trash
(b) Throws it on the floor
(c) Burns it
(d) Leaves the paper on a bench

3. What end does Ishmael say he foresees for the Takers’ culture?
(a) Catastrophe
(b) Chaos
(c) Conquest
(d) Redemption

4. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?
(a) He is a student of it
(b) He has always gone out of his way to avoid learning about it
(c) He is unaware of the details of Nazi rule
(d) He is moderately well informed about it

5. What is the narrator’s reaction when he hears the rival creation story Ishmael tells in Chapter 4?
(a) He does not understand it
(b) He is furious
(c) He is amused
(d) He sees the point immediately

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?

3. How does Ishmael say the narrator learned the story of ‘how things came to be this way’?

4. What does Ishmael say is the consequence of thinking that the world was made for us?

5. What does Ishmael say he can offer the narrator in Chapter 3?

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