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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say he wants, in Chapter 4, when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?
(a) Astonishment
(b) Terror
(c) Gratitude
(d) Humility

2. Where does Ishmael say mankind’s flaw is?
(a) In human nature itself
(b) In the development of agriculture
(c) In its story of its origins
(d) In the divine plan for mankind

3. How does Ishmael say the followers of Copernicus convinced people to change their view of heliocentrism?
(a) By fighting in court and in classrooms
(b) By getting them to pay attention to that was really there
(c) By discrediting the proponents of heliocentrism
(d) By censoring heliocentrism in journals and textbooks

4. What is the narrator’s reaction when he hears the rival creation story Ishmael tells in Chapter 4?
(a) He sees the point immediately
(b) He does not understand it
(c) He is amused
(d) He is furious

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?

2. In the narrator’s account of his culture, in Chapter 5, what was the problem early man had to solve?

3. Where, in the narrator’s account, does the destruction of the earth get reversed?

4. Where does Ishmael say he was born?

5. In Chapter 4, why does the narrator say he does not display the emotion he wants when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?

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