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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. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?
(a) Phaedrus presents his work as fiction.
(b) Phaedrus does not define Quality.
(c) Phaedrus refuses to discuss his first book.
(d) Phaedrus hides under an assumed name.

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Police lights.
(c) A crippling headache.
(d) Engine roar.

3. When considering the surviving veterans of World War I, what about their attitude altered the social landscape after the war?
(a) Their heroism.
(b) Their scarcity.
(c) Their isolation.
(d) Their bitterness.

4. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?
(a) Accuracy is completely impossible when considering how important the values would be in the scientific analysis of a population.
(b) Values are impossible to count.
(c) The foundations of science would be challenged.
(d) Society does not allow for anything less than an absolute.

5. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?
(a) She is too static.
(b) She is unable to understand his intellectualism.
(c) She is too self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.
(d) She is too dynamic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before going into anthropology, what was Phaedrus's field of study?

2. At what college is Verne Dusenberry an associate professor?

3. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?

4. According to the Metaphysics of Quality, what theory is used in conjunction with the idea of life generally having a purpose in regards to Phaedrus' ideas on static versus dynamic Quality?

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

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