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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?
2. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 8, he would be looking for?
3. What new name for the Takers do Ishmael and the narrator arrive at in their discussion in Chapter 12?
4. What does Ishmael say the narrator needs to tell him in Chapter 8 before the dialogue can resume?
5. How does the narrator characterize the work, in Taker culture, of killing off nature?
Short Essay Questions
1. What argument does the narrator offer for why the Takers’ culture is superior to the Leavers’?
2. Describe the narrator’s negotiations with Art Owens.
3. What is man’s role and responsibility as Ishmael describes it from the Leavers’ perspective?
4. How does Ishmael characterize the debate among the gods about an equitable way to take care of the animals?
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. How does Ishmael characterize the work of competing for food in Taker culture?
7. How does Ishmael characterize the experiment that is modern civilization?
8. What does the narrator say is the consequence of the Takers’ culture?
9. How does Ishmael say the Takers are fulfilling the story in which creation came to an end with them?
10. How do Ishmael and the narrator say that culture changed when the agricultural revolution took place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Aside from the dialogue they conduct, Ishmael and the narrator seem to have a tense, and sometimes adversarial relationship. What is the role of their personal relationship in the novel, and how does it affect the narrator’s developing understanding of Ishmael’s teachings?
Essay Topic 2
When the narrator tells Ishmael that he has a question, Ishmael says that asking questions is what the narrator is there for. How seriously is this statement intended, do you think? Is that the narrator’s primary role—asking questions to elicit Ishmael’s stories—or does he have other purposes that are more important than that?
Essay Topic 3
Is Ishmael an attack on Judaic-Christian culture, a call for reform, or something else? Use examples from the text, in addition to your knowledge of Judaic and Christian culture.
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