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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. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(b) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.
(c) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.
(d) He submits to his priests' punishment.

2. Why does Lila leave her boyfriend?
(a) He beats her.
(b) He is cheating on her.
(c) She is bored with him.
(d) She falls in love with Phaedrus.

3. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."
(a) Quanitity.
(b) Quality.
(c) Morality.
(d) Values.

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

5. 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 abandon their religious duties.
(c) People will invent their own morality.
(d) People will become more despondent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Lila choose to not pursue a relationship with Phaedrus?

3. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?

4. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

5. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?

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