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

2. How does Ishmael characterize the notion that agriculture started in the Fertile Crescent?
(a) He says that it is subject to much debate
(b) He says that it has not been proved yet
(c) He says that it is undisputed
(d) He says that it is an old hat

3. What does Ishmael say is mythical about the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?
(a) The chronology
(b) The arrangement of the facts
(c) The facts themselves
(d) The implied redemption

4. What does Ishmael say is the pinnacle of the story the narrator tells in Chapter 3?
(a) God’s laws
(b) Man himself
(c) Literature
(d) A just society

5. How does the narrator characterize the end of the 1960s?
(a) As a dwindling to irrelevance
(b) As a movement that died in a crackdown
(c) As a cooptation by corporations
(d) As a fight that was defeated

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason explains the change of circumstances when the narrator returns to the office building after several days away from Ishmael in Chapter 10?

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

3. When does Ishmael say the event he put at 8,000 B.C. on his timeline ended?

4. Upon answering the ad, what does the narrator say he finds in the room when he goes in?

5. Why is Ishmael reticent about telling the narrator what he wants to know in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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