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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does the narrator characterize the world without man?
(a) Post-apocalyptic dreamscape
(b) Raw material
(c) Bloody jungle
(d) Paradise

2. What does Ishmael say is the consequence of thinking that the world was made for us?
(a) That we owe someone an enormous debt of gratitude
(b) That we have to take care of it
(c) That we can do what we want with it
(d) That we have to find its proper owners

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

4. What does Ishmael say, in Chapter 2, about the path he will take the narrator on?
(a) There is no going back once you start
(b) Every step will correspond with a mystical experience
(c) He need not remember the route
(d) He should pay careful attention to the route they will take

5. How does Ishmael say Takers regard the world?
(a) As life-support for human beings
(b) As a gift to be cherished
(c) As an animal to be domesticated
(d) As a garden of provisions

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what perspective does Ishmael say the narrator should look at the world from?

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

4. What does Ishmael say the world was created for, in the narrator’s story in Chapter 4?

5. How does the narrator say that Hermann Hesse presents Leo’s “awesome secret wisdom”?

(see the answer key)

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