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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 does Phaedrus regard as being the term that encompasses the conflict between social and intellectual patterns?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Reality.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Media.

2. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Physical fitness.

3. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?
(a) A vision quest.
(b) Betrothal feast.
(c) Quienceanera.
(d) Tea ceremony.

4. If the ideas of insanity vary from culture to culture, what stands to reason would also vary?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Morality.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Spirituality.

5. What are the different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus that he ponders after his meeting with the actor?
(a) Spiritual and physical.
(b) Mental and physical.
(c) Sexual and intellectual.
(d) Celebrity and ground-level.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what does Phaedrus believe was the view of battle before World War I?

2. What does the sanskrit word "dhyana" mean?

3. For what reasons does Phaedrus initially grant the film rights to the actor in Chapter 19?

4. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

5. Why is Jamie suspicious of Lila's offer in Chapter 16?

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