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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the disgraced genius who Phaedrus discovers shared his ideas on the role of American Indians to the American lifestyle?
(a) James Holden.
(b) Franz Boas.
(c) William James Sidis.
(d) Verne Dusenberry.

2. Why is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?
(a) She is forced to watch him get drunk without her.
(b) He refuses to allow her to sail the boat.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) There is no food on the boat.

3. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?
(a) Persecution.
(b) Modern living.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Scientific principle.

4. What is the importance of "dynamic good"?
(a) A culture must be able to judge a person's values based on the traditions of their society.
(b) A culture must adopt new ideals in order to continue evolving.
(c) A culture must actively fight for their traditions.
(d) A culture cannot be allowed to denigrate another culture.

5. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?
(a) She is too self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.
(b) She is unable to understand his intellectualism.
(c) She is too static.
(d) She is too dynamic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?

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

3. Who is Franz Boas?

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

5. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?

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