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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the narrator to come up with the laws Ishmael asked him to define?
(a) One day
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) Four days

2. What emotion does the narrator say he sees in Ishmael’s eyes, as he realizes that this change has been made in Chapter 9?
(a) Wary speculation
(b) Distrust
(c) Sadness
(d) Demonic joy

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

4. What does the narrator say when Ishmael asks if he would go back to prehistoric times?
(a) He refuses
(b) He qualifies his agreement
(c) He says that he would go gladly
(d) He hems and haws and does not answer

5. What does Ishmael say ‘Eve’ means?
(a) Breath
(b) Energy
(c) Life
(d) Helpmeet

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the Leavers’ story?

3. What does the narrator talk to Art Owens about?

4. What knowledge does Ishmael say the early flyers would have fond useful in their attempts?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ishmael say the Takers explain their divergence from the peace-keeping law that has kept nature harmonious for three million years?

2. What is man’s role and responsibility as Ishmael describes it from the Leavers’ perspective?

3. Describe the narrator’s negotiations with Art Owens.

4. What objection does Ishmael make to the narrator’s questions at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. The narrator says that he wants to know the Leavers’ story so he can stop the destruction of the Takers’ story. Why does Ishmael say this is insufficient?

6. Where has Ishmael gone when the narrator shows up again at the office building, and how does the narrator reconnect with him?

7. What do Ishmael and the narrator agree on for a definition of ‘culture’?

8. What are the gods wary of, in letting Adam have the knowledge of good and evil?

9. What keeps the narrator from returning to the office building for a few days?

10. Why does the narrator say that he is depressed when he does not see Ishmael for a few days?

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