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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 the narrator say made the difference between men before and the men that live now?
(a) Language
(b) Agriculture
(c) Stories
(d) Writing

2. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 6, is the problem with his culture’s story?
(a) The narrator says that technology has sped up the destruction of the earth so much that no one can stop it
(b) The narrator says that there has been a strong conservation movement, opposing industrial progress
(c) The narrator says that conquering the earth has provided freedoms that are worth the earth’s destruction.
(d) The narrator says that conquering the earth has meant destroying it

3. What event does Ishmael put at 8,000 B.C. on his timeline?
(a) The agricultural revolution
(b) The beginning of conquest-based warfare
(c) The beginning of written culture
(d) The discovery of metallurgy

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

5. What does Ishmael say keeps nature in balance?
(a) The relationship between feeders and predators
(b) The process of natural selection
(c) The cycle of the seasons
(d) The migration of birds and whales

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?

2. When does Ishmael say that human history began?

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

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

5. Where does Ishmael say, in Chapter 7, they should look for a set of laws about how to live?

(see the answer key)

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