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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say grew where his idealism had died?
(a) A sense of dread
(b) A tumor
(c) A sense of rage
(d) A scar

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

3. What is the ‘but’ Ishmael sees in the narrator’s story: “The world was made for man to conquer, and turn into a paradise--except for what”?
(a) Man was always going to be able to imagine more than he could get for himself
(b) The natural world would not support all of men’s plans
(c) Wealth was never going to be distributed equitably
(d) People screwed it up

4. What does Ishmael say a community lacks, when it has lost its diversity?
(a) A clear purpose
(b) Rigidity of roles
(c) Checks and balances
(d) Survival value

5. How long ago did the Takers’ story come into existence?
(a) 20-30 thousand years ago
(b) 10-12 thousand years ago
(c) 200-300 years ago
(d) 2,000 years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does the narrator bring Ishmael at the carnival?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Ishmael say is unobtainable in the narrator’s culture?

3. According to Ishmael, which is NOT a ‘trick’ the gods played on the Takers?

4. What does the narrator say was removed when man learned to farm?

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

(see the answer key)

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