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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. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Persecution.
(c) Modern living.
(d) Scientific principle.

2. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?
(a) A search for spirituality.
(b) Ethical activities.
(c) Survival.
(d) A constant competition between elements.

3. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Physical fitness.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Sexuality.

4. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."
(b) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.
(c) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(d) He will apply values to actual experience.

5. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?
(a) The foundations of science would be challenged.
(b) Values are impossible to count.
(c) Society does not allow for anything less than an absolute.
(d) Accuracy is completely impossible when considering how important the values would be in the scientific analysis of a population.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?

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

3. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.

4. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?

5. At what college is Verne Dusenberry an associate professor?

(see the answer key)

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