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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say the narrator will be the result of learning what he is teaching?
(a) He will want to become religious
(b) He will be isolated
(c) He will go to war
(d) He will become a writer

2. What event does Ishmael say correlates to the birth of the Takers’ story?
(a) The discovery of metallurgy
(b) The birth of agriculture
(c) The beginning of writing
(d) The development of trade routes

3. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he had once wanted to save the world
(b) Because he had once taught lessons in saving the world himself
(c) Because he had always hoped to see an ad like this, but feels he had missed his chance
(d) Because he had never had any response when he ran similar ads himself

4. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?
(a) A sense of dread
(b) A tumor
(c) A sense of rage
(d) A scar

5. What is a koan?
(a) A riddle
(b) A paradox
(c) A secret.
(d) A spur to meditation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?

2. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?

3. What does the narrator say is his first impression of the room in Chapter 1?

4. What end does Ishmael say he foresees for the Takers’ culture?

5. When does Ishmael say he was truly born?

(see the answer key)

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