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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. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.
(a) Static qualities.
(b) Spiritual reckoning.
(c) Theories of evolution.
(d) Existentialist ideals.

2. Who is Franz Boas?
(a) Dusenberry's best friend.
(b) Lila's former lover.
(c) Anthropology professor.
(d) Philosopher.

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

4. Who does Phaedrus believe to be the originator of the American lifestyle?
(a) The descendants of the abducted African slaves.
(b) The American Indians.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Irish.

5. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?
(a) Vernon Dusenberry.
(b) Richard Rigel.
(c) William James Sidis.
(d) Franz Boas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the static patterns of value?

2. At what age did Lila have a child?

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

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

5. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?

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