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

2. What flashback does Lila experience when she hallucinates seeing her childhood dog?
(a) Her grandfather's heart attack.
(b) A car crash that killed someone close to her.
(c) Her sister going into labor.
(d) A house fire that resulted in her mother's death.

3. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?
(a) People will allow society to become chaotic.
(b) People will invent their own morality.
(c) People will abandon their religious duties.
(d) People will become more despondent.

4. Where does Phaedrus believe the idea that the intellect reigns supreme over societal needs will lead the human race?
(a) Moral corruption.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Mediocrity.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. What Quality does Phaedrus believe is beyond Lila in Chapter 17?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Biological.
(d) Sexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of science will likely be the one that helps scientifically govern society, according to Phaedrus's theory in Chapter 22?

2. Why is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?

3. For what reasons does this actor come to see Phaedrus in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?

5. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 18 told?

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