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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. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?
(a) Victorians.
(b) Dinosaurs.
(c) Prudes.
(d) Anti-progressives.

2. By Chapter 24, what has Phaedrus concluded about the Victorians social moral codes?
(a) It will never truly go away.
(b) It is dead.
(c) It is fighting change.
(d) It is finally evolving.

3. Upon what river does Phaedrus plan to travel by boat?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Hudson.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Meramac.

4. How does Phaedrus view Rigel's viewpoint in Chapter 24?
(a) Modern.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Precise.

5. At what age did Lila have a child?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?

3. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?

4. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?

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

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