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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?
(a) Every step will correspond with a mystical experience
(b) He should pay careful attention to the route they will take
(c) He need not remember the route
(d) There is no going back once you start

2. Where is Ishmael’s reference to the Second Murderer drawn from?
(a) Homer’s The Iliad
(b) Plato’s Republic
(c) Shakespeare’s Macbeth
(d) Mamet’s Oleanna

3. What knowledge does Ishmael say the early flyers would have fond useful in their attempts?
(a) The mechanics of birds’ wings
(b) The history of previous attempts to fly
(c) The dreams flight had inspired
(d) The laws of aerodynamics

4. How does Ishmael characterize the notion that agriculture started in the Fertile Crescent?
(a) He says that it is subject to much debate
(b) He says that it is undisputed
(c) He says that it has not been proved yet
(d) He says that it is an old hat

5. Who does Ishmael say is fueling the Third World population explosion?
(a) Third World farmers
(b) First world farmers
(c) Women
(d) The World Bank

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say is ironic about the story the Takers adopted about two thousand years ago?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Ishmael say is unobtainable in the narrator’s culture?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?

5. When does Ishmael say that human history began?

(see the answer key)

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