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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ishmael get the narrator to recognize the limitation of his creation myth?
(a) By asking him to think about the world without people in it
(b) By asking him to describe the same story from an ant’s perspective
(c) By asking him to consider whether his own discontent was part of evolution as well
(d) By asking him whether evolution continued beyond man

2. What explanation does the narrator ultimately give for why he wants to know a specific question in Chapter 11?
(a) He wants to stop thinking about what Ishmael has told him
(b) He wants to publish Ishmael’s teachings
(c) He wants to stop the destruction of the world
(d) He admits that he wants to discredit Ishmael by seeing the other side of his teachings

3. Where does Ishmael say he was born?
(a) India
(b) West Africa
(c) Memphis
(d) Tibet.

4. How does Ishmael describe the first farmers?
(a) Scientists
(b) Bureaucrats
(c) Blunderers
(d) Technocrats

5. In Chapter 5, what perspective does Ishmael say the narrator should look at the world from?
(a) From a jellyfish’s perspective
(b) From the earth’s perspective
(c) From a woman’s perspective
(d) From outer space

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?

2. What does Ishmael say ‘Eve’ means?

3. What does Ishmael say made Germans captive under Hitler?

4. What terms do Ishmael’s terms ‘Takers’ and ‘Leavers’ correspond to?

5. After the narrator describes his law, how does Ishmael reword it?

(see the answer key)

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