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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator find on the arm of his chair during his third dialogue with Ishmael?
(a) A camera
(b) A notebook
(c) A tape recorder
(d) An ax

4. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?
(a) Gleaming, modern
(b) Ordinary
(c) Classical, proud
(d) Run-down, seedy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is his first impression of Ishmael?

2. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?

3. In Chapter 4, how does the narrator say men used to live before they became men?

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

5. What is the literary term that describes the narrator’s directly addressing the reader?

(see the answer key)

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