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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ishmael say the peace-keeping law promotes?
(a) Longevity
(b) Civilization
(c) Consolidation of power
(d) Diversity
2. What does Ishmael say he wants, in Chapter 4, when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?
(a) Humility
(b) Astonishment
(c) Terror
(d) Gratitude
3. How long ago did the Takers’ story come into existence?
(a) 2,000 years ago
(b) 20-30 thousand years ago
(c) 10-12 thousand years ago
(d) 200-300 years ago
4. Where is Ishmael’s reference to the Second Murderer drawn from?
(a) Homer’s The Iliad
(b) Mamet’s Oleanna
(c) Plato’s Republic
(d) Shakespeare’s Macbeth
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 is furious
(c) He sees the point immediately
(d) He is amused
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Ishmael characterize the notion that agriculture started in the Fertile Crescent?
2. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 6, is the problem with his culture’s story?
3. What does Ishmael say a community lacks, when it has lost its diversity?
4. How does Ishmael say the followers of Copernicus convinced people to change their view of heliocentrism?
5. What assumption does Ishmael say the Takers must have made about the world in order to follow the laws they follow?
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