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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. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?
(a) A political meeting.
(b) A bar.
(c) A friend's house.
(d) A rave.

2. 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 hides under an assumed name.
(d) Phaedrus presents his work as fiction.

3. What is the term that encompasses the constant laws and traditions of a culture, as well as the values upon which those laws were built?
(a) Static good.
(b) Static banality.
(c) Static morality.
(d) Static culture.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?

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

3. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?

4. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

5. According to Phaedrus, who attempts to imitate American Indians?

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