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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 the narrator say he expected when he answered the newspaper ad?
(a) A library
(b) An atmospheric brownstone
(c) A zoo
(d) A temple

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

3. Why does the narrator say he feels a particular feeling after taking a few days off from his discussion with the narrator in Chapter 8?
(a) Because he is seeing clearly for the first time in his life
(b) Because he expects to be abandoned once he has finished Ishmael’s teachings
(c) Because he is confident that he can use his new knowledge to change things
(d) Because he does not believe that he can change anything himself

4. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?
(a) Leaves the paper on a bench
(b) Throws it on the floor
(c) Throws it in the trash
(d) Burns it

5. How does the narrator characterize Ishmael’s expression when he gets the narrator to see that the idea that man should rule the earth is a myth?
(a) Ironic
(b) Triumphant
(c) Glum
(d) Smug

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the 1960s?

2. In Chapter 3, how does Ishmael tell the narrator to think, when he tries to get him to see the myth of his culture?

3. Where is Ishmael’s reference to the Second Murderer drawn from?

4. How does Ishmael say the narrator learned the story of ‘how things came to be this way’?

5. How does Ishmael characterize a community that does not live by the peace-keeping law?

(see the answer key)

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