Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Robert M. Pirsig
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 153 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Robert M. Pirsig
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lila believe stole her wallet and other items from her purse?
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) She thinks she must have lost them herself.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Fatso.

2. Why are values not considered to be a proper platform for a scientific analysis?
(a) Values are considered to be amateurish in practice.
(b) Values are deemed too hard to quantify.
(c) Values are too mandated by the government.
(d) Values are dependent upon factors beyond anthropology.

3. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?
(a) Phaedrus hides under an assumed name.
(b) Phaedrus does not define Quality.
(c) Phaedrus refuses to discuss his first book.
(d) Phaedrus presents his work as fiction.

4. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
(a) Loss of one's identity.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Living in a vacuum of morality.
(d) A decay in the moral fiber of society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

2. In Chapter 22, what changed the physical landscape of the social population?

3. Where does the hallucination of Lila's dog lead her at the end of Chapter 23?

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

5. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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