1. What manipulation does the narrator say man had to learn in order to master his environment?
(a) How to manipulate trade
(b) How to manipulate his food supply
(c) How to manipulate the production of goods
(d) How to manipulate his womenfolk

2. 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”?
(a) The natural world would not support all of men’s plans
(b) Wealth was never going to be distributed equitably
(c) Man was always going to be able to imagine more than he could get for himself
(d) People screwed it up

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

4. What scenario does Ishmael describe in Chapter 7, which horrifies the narrator?
(a) The meetings of the gods, where the gods do nothing but bicker
(b) A jungle where the animals have committee meetings
(c) A city where every plant and tree is ordered
(d) A city where the neighbors eat each other

5. What does Ishmael say he can offer the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) A network of people who resist culture
(b) A new perception of the world
(c) A set of practical tools for changing the world
(d) Access to mystical experience