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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 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 culture.
(b) Static good.
(c) Static banality.
(d) Static morality.

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

3. Why does Phaedrus believe his book will be derided by the anthropology community?
(a) He does not adhere to the community's rules.
(b) He is known for a past, accidental plagiarism.
(c) He is a student of Boas.
(d) He mocked Dusenberry.

4. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?
(a) Victorians.
(b) Anti-progressives.
(c) Prudes.
(d) Dinosaurs.

5. At what college is Verne Dusenberry an associate professor?
(a) Washington State.
(b) Montana State College.
(c) New York University.
(d) Texas Tech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?

2. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?

3. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?

4. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?

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

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