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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 24-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phaedrus note about the doll Lila holds?
(a) She is treating it like a religious icon.
(b) She is viciously attacking it.
(c) She is treating it like a real baby.
(d) She is reforming it to how she wants it to appear.

2. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Tohono O'odham.
(c) Chippewa-Cree.
(d) Crow.

3. 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) Society does not allow for anything less than an absolute.
(c) Values are impossible to count.
(d) The foundations of science would be challenged.

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

5. Why is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?
(a) There is no food on the boat.
(b) She is forced to watch him get drunk without her.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He refuses to allow her to sail the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?

2. In the Metaphysics of Quality, with what other value besides biological are objects imbued?

3. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?

4. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

5. What weapon is particularly mentioned in Chapter 22 as helping to have changed the world's outlook on war?

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