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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 is Jamie suspicious of Lila's offer in Chapter 16?
(a) He believes Phaedrus is actually smuggling drugs.
(b) He knows Lila is in love with him.
(c) He knows she is trying to pull a scam.
(d) He does not trust Phaedrus to not rob him.

2. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."
(a) Morals.
(b) Quality.
(c) Values.
(d) Anthropology.

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

4. Why does Phaedrus consider himself to part of the hulking "Giant" from Chapter 17?
(a) His books are popular in that city.
(b) His publisher lives in that city.
(c) He vacations frequently in that city.
(d) He supports that city politically.

5. For what reasons does this actor come to see Phaedrus in Chapter 19?
(a) He is hiring Phaedurs as a consultant on a new movie.
(b) He wants Phaedrus's autograph.
(c) He is considering hiring Phaedrus as a life coach.
(d) He wishes to get the film rights for Phaedrus's book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, what changed the physical landscape of the social population?

3. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?

4. What does Phaedrus believe to be the last static social pattern in history?

5. Of what were the Victorians apparently ignorant during the onset of World War I?

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