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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Ishmael say the Take population will contract?
(a) When the populace outstrips its food supply
(b) When it runs out of natural resources
(c) When the population bomb explodes
(d) When the earth rebels

2. In Chapter 6, what does Ishmael say is unobtainable in the narrator’s culture?
(a) An orientation to natural laws
(b) Freedom from guilt
(c) An understanding of the goal of human culture
(d) Certain knowledge about how to live

3. When does the narrator recognize Ishmael in Chapter 1?
(a) When he is staring into his own eyes
(b) When Ishmael speaks to him
(c) When the keeper forces Ishmael to move
(d) When Ishmael growls

4. What does Ishmael ask the narrator to leave and come back with in Chapter 11?
(a) A genuine apology
(b) A legitimate reason for asking about the Leavers
(c) A plan for his future care
(d) An explanation for his ailments

5. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?
(a) That his creation myth excludes the perspective of women
(b) That his creation myth is founded on falsehoods
(c) That his creation myth is centered on mankind
(d) That his creation myth is damaging the earth

Short Answer Questions

1. After the narrator describes his law, how does Ishmael reword it?

2. Why does the narrator have a hard time identifying the creation myth of his culture?

3. What does Ishmael say is mythical about the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

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

5. When does Ishmael say that human history began?

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