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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. At what age did Lila have a child?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Seventeen.

2. 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.

3. Who does Phaedrus believe to be the originator of the American lifestyle?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The descendants of the abducted African slaves.
(c) The American Indians.
(d) The Irish.

4. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
(a) Learned behavior.
(b) Car engine.
(c) Chess strategy.
(d) Instincts.

5. What established law does Phaedrus cite as being an example of an evolving static pattern?
(a) Law of Gravity.
(b) Law of Life.
(c) Law of Attraction.
(d) Law of Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breakthrough excites Phaedrus in Chapter 12?

2. Who is Franz Boas?

3. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?

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

5. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?

(see the answer key)

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