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

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

3. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.
(a) Static qualities.
(b) Spiritual reckoning.
(c) Existentialist ideals.
(d) Theories of evolution.

4. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?
(a) Chippewa-Cree.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Tohono O'odham.
(d) Crow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Lila decide she needs to stay with Phaedrus in Chapter 14?

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

4. What breakthrough excites Phaedrus in Chapter 12?

5. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?

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