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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. To where does Rigel take Lila at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) Rochester.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

2. What was the last attempt to break away from Victorian morality after World War II?
(a) The politicians.
(b) The Vietnam veterans.
(c) The atom bomb.
(d) The hippies.

3. What does Rigel reveal to Phaedrus about his connection to Lila?
(a) Lila is a patient of his from which he formed his new beliefs and philosophy.
(b) Lila has been chasing him across New York.
(c) Lila is his wife.
(d) Lila is his former pupil.

4. What is uniquely inclusive about the Metaphysics of Quality?
(a) It is unable to wrongly predict human behavior.
(b) It includes the subject-object scientific viewpoint.
(c) It excludes morally gray situations.
(d) It excludes the theory of evolution on the basis that the scientific principles are incorrect.

5. How does Phaedrus disagree with the idea to study the philosophy of others and to choose one as a guide in life?
(a) He is worried that no one really understands philosophy anymore.
(b) He is afraid that others will latch onto his ideas and claim them as their own.
(c) He believes the philosophers are no longer relevant.
(d) He thinks one should develop their own ideas first.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Phaedrus compare the Giant of his city analogy in Chapter 17?

2. Chapter 16 is told from the point of view of Jamie and ______.

3. What school did Phaedrus attend as a boy?

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

5. If the ideas of insanity vary from culture to culture, what stands to reason would also vary?

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