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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. Where is Lila in Chapter 23?
(a) The bar.
(b) The streets.
(c) Phaedrus's publisher's office.
(d) The hotel room.

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

3. According to Phaedrus's beliefs, what must one to do to be labeled as insane in their society?
(a) They begin to ramble incoherently.
(b) They start to behave violently.
(c) They do not conform to their culture's ideas.
(d) They must rally others together to fight a broken system.

4. Why are values not considered to be a proper platform for a scientific analysis?
(a) Values are too mandated by the government.
(b) Values are deemed too hard to quantify.
(c) Values are considered to be amateurish in practice.
(d) Values are dependent upon factors beyond anthropology.

5. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(b) He will apply values to actual experience.
(c) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.
(d) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the importance of "dynamic good"?

2. At the end of Chapter 25, what does Phaedrus do in lieu of sleep?

3. What does the sanskrit word "dhyana" mean?

4. How does a culture deal with insane people?

5. At what age did Lila have a child?

(see the answer key)

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