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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 is the consequence of thinking that the world was made for us?
(a) That we have to find its proper owners
(b) That we have to take care of it
(c) That we owe someone an enormous debt of gratitude
(d) That we can do what we want with it

2. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 5, is man’s purpose on the earth?
(a) To rule it
(b) To fulfill it
(c) To dream it
(d) To perfect it

3. What emotion does the narrator say he sees in Ishmael’s eyes, as he realizes that this change has been made in Chapter 9?
(a) Wary speculation
(b) Sadness
(c) Distrust
(d) Demonic joy

4. What is the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?
(a) God’s creation of the universe
(b) The war between good and evil
(c) The evolution of man
(d) God’s expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden

5. What temptation does Ishmael say Adam succumbed to when he took the fruit from Eve in the Bible story?
(a) The temptation to rule over men
(b) The temptation to have power over Eve
(c) The temptation to have a glorious name
(d) The temptation to live without limit

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason explains the change of circumstances when the narrator returns to the office building after several days away from Ishmael in Chapter 10?

2. What is the second thing that the narrator says the Takers do, which is not done in nature?

3. What is the ‘but’ Ishmael sees in the narrator’s story: “The world was made for man to conquer, and turn into a paradise--except for what”?

4. What is a paean?

5. How does the narrator continue his dialogue with Ishmael in a new setting in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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