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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say he reacts so violently to the ad in Chapter 1?
(a) Because he had once wanted to save the world
(b) Because he had always hoped to see an ad like this, but feels he had missed his chance
(c) Because he had once taught lessons in saving the world himself
(d) Because he had never had any response when he ran similar ads himself

2. What knowledge does Ishmael say the gods have that allows them to rule the world?
(a) Knowledge of life
(b) Knowledge of justice
(c) Knowledge of good and evil
(d) Knowledge of death

3. In Chapter 5, how does the narrator characterize the world without man?
(a) Paradise
(b) Post-apocalyptic dreamscape
(c) Raw material
(d) Bloody jungle

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

5. What does Mr. Partridge tell the narrator when he inquires at the Sokolow house in Chapter 10?
(a) That Mr. Sokolow’s daughter had died
(b) Where to find Ishmael
(c) Why the rent was cut off
(d) Where he can find Mrs. Sokolow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?

2. Why does the narrator have a hard time agreeing to Art Owens’ demands?

3. Why has the change in Chapter 9 come about?

4. What looming crisis does Ishmael imply will correct the ‘Takers’’ excesses?

5. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 8, he would be looking for?

(see the answer key)

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