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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ishmael say is fueling the Third World population explosion?
(a) First world farmers
(b) Women
(c) The World Bank
(d) Third World farmers

2. Where does the narrator reunite with Ishmael in Chapter 10?
(a) At a motel
(b) In the woods
(c) At another office building
(d) At a carnival

3. When does the narrator’s creation story begin?
(a) 10- 15 billion years ago
(b) 2 thousand years ago
(c) 4 billion years ago
(d) 250 thousand years ago

4. What does Ishmael say the narrator needs to tell him in Chapter 8 before the dialogue can resume?
(a) What the end result of the Takers’ civilization will be
(b) What he is willing to give up when the collapse comes
(c) What the community is in which man is only one member among equals
(d) What the law is that has been working from the beginning of time

5. What does Ishmael say made Germans captive under Hitler?
(a) Hitler’s international support
(b) Hitler’s charisma
(c) Hitler’s story about the Aryan people
(d) Hitler’s violence

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does the narrator ultimately give for why he wants to know a specific question in Chapter 11?

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

3. What does Ishmael say the narrator will be the result of learning what he is teaching?

4. What is the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?

5. How does Ishmael propose, in Chapter 7, to learn how they can find out for themselves how to live?

(see the answer key)

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