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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. In distilling his philosophy and theories down to a single statement, Phaedrus realizes that good has become a _____, instead of an adjective.
(a) Conjunction.
(b) Preposition.
(c) Verb.
(d) Noun.

2. What is one of the greatest frustrations in Lila's life, according to her musings in Chapter 10?
(a) She has no empathy.
(b) She knows she has a problem, though no one will help her with it.
(c) She has given all of her money away to people who did not deserve it.
(d) She falls in love too easily.

3. By Chapter 24, what has Phaedrus concluded about the Victorians social moral codes?
(a) It will never truly go away.
(b) It is finally evolving.
(c) It is fighting change.
(d) It is dead.

4. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) A political meeting.
(c) A rave.
(d) A bar.

5. What is uniquely inclusive about the Metaphysics of Quality?
(a) It excludes morally gray situations.
(b) It excludes the theory of evolution on the basis that the scientific principles are incorrect.
(c) It is unable to wrongly predict human behavior.
(d) It includes the subject-object scientific viewpoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Phaedrus, the Victorians believe that the patterns of society will always dominate the patterns of _______.

2. If Phaedrus allows his book to be made into a movie, what will be lost to the social pattern of values which will undoubtedly become the focus of the film?

3. If truth is a set of intellectual patterns of high Quality, then _____ is a set of intellectual patterns of low Quality.

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

5. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?

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