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

2. Which of the following is not one of the static patterns of value?
(a) Social patterns.
(b) Intellectual patterns.
(c) Biological patterns.
(d) Spiritual patterns.

3. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Roaring 20s.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The revolutionary sixties.

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

5. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?
(a) It is grammatically perfect.
(b) It is purposefully redundant in phrasing.
(c) It ties together several different cultures and their values.
(d) It is a contradiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the greatest frustrations in Lila's life, according to her musings in Chapter 10?

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

3. When discussing "Patterns of Culture," how was the outcast Zuni labeled by his people?

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

5. At what age did Lila have a child?

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