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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ishmael say is the exception to the story of the narrator’s culture?
(a) The very rich
(b) A few thousand savages worldwide
(c) Urban poor people
(d) People in socialized countries

2. 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?
(a) He says that he still does not see
(b) He says that he does not show his emotions
(c) He says that he is more flabbergasted than he could express
(d) He says that the pleasure of seeing is intellectual for him, not emotional

3. How does Ishmael get the narrator to recognize the limitation of his creation myth?
(a) By asking him to think about the world without people in it
(b) By asking him to describe the same story from an ant’s perspective
(c) By asking him to consider whether his own discontent was part of evolution as well
(d) By asking him whether evolution continued beyond man

4. Whose voice does Ishmael say the narrator is lulled by?
(a) Father Time
(b) God the Father
(c) Mother Nature
(d) Mother Culture

5. What does Ishmael say man’s importance must be, in the eyes of the gods, in the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) Certain men must be more important than others
(b) Man must be a creature of enormous importance
(c) Man must attain value as he understands the gods’ laws
(d) Man must be insignificant

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?

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

3. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?

4. What is the narrator’s reaction when he hears the rival creation story Ishmael tells in Chapter 4?

5. When does Ishmael say that human history began?

(see the answer key)

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