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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 keeps nature in balance?
(a) The migration of birds and whales
(b) The process of natural selection
(c) The cycle of the seasons
(d) The relationship between feeders and predators

2. When does Ishmael say that human history began?
(a) 3 million years ago
(b) 30 thousand years ago
(c) 3 thousand years ago
(d) 300 thousand years ago

3. How does Ishmael say the aeronauts proceeded to learn to fly?
(a) By trial and error
(b) By following inspirations from their dreams
(c) By research and observation
(d) By controlled experiments

4. What does the narrator say is the first thing that the Takers do that no one else in nature does?
(a) Claim territory for themselves
(b) Execute murderers
(c) Rationalize their murder
(d) Exterminate competitors

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael say Takers regard the world?

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. What distinction does Ishmael point out between Leaver and Taker cultures?

4. How does Ishmael say the followers of Copernicus convinced people to change their view of heliocentrism?

5. What does the narrator say he does with the newspaper the first time he reads Ishmael’s ad?

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