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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. When Lila panics over the missing items in her purse, what information is revealed about her past in Chapter 18?
(a) She was once in a hospital, presumably a mental one.
(b) She never had a daughter, as she told Phaedrus.
(c) Jamie is her ex-husband.
(d) She had once been arrested.

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

3. In what state is Lila in Chapter 29 after she and Phaedrus escape having the police called on them?
(a) Angry.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Manically happy.
(d) Catatonic.

4. Chapter 16 is told from the point of view of Jamie and ______.
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Fatso.
(c) Lila.
(d) Rigel.

5. Before going into anthropology, what was Phaedrus's field of study?
(a) Physicis.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dominated society between the world wars?

2. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."

3. When Lila goes to pay for her bill at the restaurant, she realizes that her wallet and her _____ have been stolen from her purse.

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

5. What city does Phaedrus compare to a giant?

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