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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 is one of the greatest frustrations in Lila's life, according to her musings in Chapter 10?
(a) She has given all of her money away to people who did not deserve it.
(b) She knows she has a problem, though no one will help her with it.
(c) She falls in love too easily.
(d) She has no empathy.

2. Why does Lila decide she needs to stay with Phaedrus in Chapter 14?
(a) She realizes it will be mutually beneficial.
(b) She doubts his ability to take care of himself.
(c) She is afraid that he might be suicidal.
(d) She is falling in love with him.

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?
(a) Morality is the only important concept in the world.
(b) Quality and morality are the same.
(c) The world exists in pure stasis because of the interference of the Victorian belief.
(d) Quality and morality are opposites of each other.

4. What breakthrough excites Phaedrus in Chapter 12?
(a) The platypus is an example of science creating a new category in order to cover up for its inability to redefine certain foundations.
(b) The idea that ethics and science can be one and the same.
(c) The idea that evolution coexists with spiritual aspects.
(d) The realization that the Law of Gravity is continually challenged.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Franz Boas?

2. Why does Phaedrus believe his "Metaphysics of Quality" is a more accurate viewpoint of the world?

3. Why must the "first division" be completely correct?

4. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

5. Upon what river does Phaedrus plan to travel by boat?

(see the answer key)

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