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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. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?
(a) Morality is the only important concept in the world.
(b) The world exists in pure stasis because of the interference of the Victorian belief.
(c) Quality and morality are the same.
(d) Quality and morality are opposites of each other.

2. What does Phaedrus reveal about his own past when dwelling on how to deal with Lila in Chapter 25, after he realizes she has suffered some sort of psychotic breakdown?
(a) He helped contribute to Lila's initial mental breakdown years earlier.
(b) He himself was a mental patient.
(c) He was once a psychologist.
(d) He knew Lila as a patient.

3. 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 dependent upon factors beyond anthropology.
(c) Values are considered to be amateurish in practice.
(d) Values are deemed too hard to quantify.

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

5. Who dominated society between the world wars?
(a) Anarchists.
(b) Revolutionaries.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Victorians.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to his "conversation" with Lila's doll, what ultimately saved Lila?

2. If Phaedrus allows his book to be made into a movie, what will be lost to the social pattern of values which will undoubtedly become the focus of the film?

3. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?

4. In Chapter 22, what changed the physical landscape of the social population?

5. Where does Rigel tell Phaedrus to go in order to avoid being tied up by the police?

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