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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 16-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Phaedrus's headmaster's thoughts on the concepts of grace and morals?
(a) One could only aspire to them.
(b) One was born with them.
(c) One lost them over time.
(d) One could only be granted these by spiritual means.

2. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) A bottle with a message.
(b) A length of chain.
(c) A doll.
(d) A photograph.

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

4. What is Phaedrus' destination in Chapter 17?
(a) His boat.
(b) His publisher's office.
(c) His hotel room.
(d) Another bar.

5. 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 a student of Boas.
(c) He mocked Dusenberry.
(d) He is known for a past, accidental plagiarism.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?

2. In Chapter 22, what does Phaedrus believe was the view of battle before World War I?

3. What fault does Phaedrus find with the Victorian concept of morals?

4. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?

5. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?

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