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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction does Ishmael point out between Leaver and Taker cultures?
(a) The absence of the fear of death in Leaver culture
(b) The absence of guilt in Leaver culture
(c) The absence of medicine in Leaver culture
(d) The absence of prophets in Leaver culture

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

3. In Chapter 5, what perspective does Ishmael say the narrator should look at the world from?
(a) From the earth’s perspective
(b) From a jellyfish’s perspective
(c) From outer space
(d) From a woman’s perspective

4. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?
(a) A set of tools
(b) A bookcase
(c) A stove
(d) A phonograph

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?

2. What does Ishmael say is mythical about the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

3. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?

4. How long ago did the Leavers’ story come into existence?

5. Why does the narrator have a hard time identifying the creation myth of his culture?

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