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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 name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?
(a) Common hypothesis.
(b) Victorian science.
(c) Armchair psychology.
(d) Backseat theorizing.

2. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?
(a) Social quality.
(b) Ethical quality.
(c) Spiritual quality.
(d) Intellectual quality.

3. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
(a) Living in a vacuum of morality.
(b) A decay in the moral fiber of society.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Loss of one's identity.

4. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?
(a) A vision quest.
(b) Quienceanera.
(c) Betrothal feast.
(d) Tea ceremony.

5. Before going into anthropology, what was Phaedrus's field of study?
(a) Physicis.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breakthrough excites Phaedrus in Chapter 12?

2. What is Rigel's profession?

3. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?

4. At what age did Lila have a child?

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

(see the answer key)

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