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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 24-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?
(a) The horse.
(b) The kangaroo.
(c) The dinosaur.
(d) The platypus.

2. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.
(b) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(c) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."
(d) He will apply values to actual experience.

3. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?
(a) Value as a concept confuses, rather than clarifies.
(b) Values are impossible to ponder objectively.
(c) The term "value" no longer has any meaning in today's world.
(d) Value is too fickle for a scientific brain.

4. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Biological.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Spiritual.

5. How does a culture deal with insane people?
(a) Asylums.
(b) Art galleries.
(c) Disease.
(d) Book deals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lila and Phaedrus have breakfast in Chapter 30, who does she claim is coming to see them?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?

3. What does Phaedrus fear will happen to Lila when she leaves with Rigel?

4. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?

5. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?

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