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

2. What is the term that encompasses the constant laws and traditions of a culture, as well as the values upon which those laws were built?
(a) Static banality.
(b) Static good.
(c) Static culture.
(d) Static morality.

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

4. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(b) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.
(c) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.
(d) He submits to his priests' punishment.

5. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?
(a) The horse.
(b) The platypus.
(c) The kangaroo.
(d) The dinosaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. When considering the surviving veterans of World War I, what about their attitude altered the social landscape after the war?

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?

4. What war ostensibly marked the end of Victorian values?

5. How does Lila feel about Phaedrus after meeting with Jamie and Fatso?

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