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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Physical fitness.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Sexuality.

2. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.
(a) Spiritual reckoning.
(b) Existentialist ideals.
(c) Theories of evolution.
(d) Static qualities.

3. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Snorting cocaine.
(c) Shooting heroin.
(d) Smoking marijuana.

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

5. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Tohono O'odham.
(c) Crow.
(d) Chippewa-Cree.

6. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."
(a) Quality.
(b) Morality.
(c) Values.
(d) Quanitity.

7. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
(a) Living in a vacuum of morality.
(b) Loss of one's identity.
(c) Destruction.
(d) A decay in the moral fiber of society.

8. Who is Franz Boas?
(a) Lila's former lover.
(b) Anthropology professor.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Dusenberry's best friend.

9. What is the name of the disgraced genius who Phaedrus discovers shared his ideas on the role of American Indians to the American lifestyle?
(a) James Holden.
(b) Verne Dusenberry.
(c) William James Sidis.
(d) Franz Boas.

10. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?
(a) People will invent their own morality.
(b) People will abandon their religious duties.
(c) People will become more despondent.
(d) People will allow society to become chaotic.

11. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Nyack Yacht Club.
(b) Manhattan Athletic Club.
(c) Turtle Beach.
(d) Manchester Yachting.

12. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?
(a) It is purposefully redundant in phrasing.
(b) It is grammatically perfect.
(c) It ties together several different cultures and their values.
(d) It is a contradiction.

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

14. What is the term that encompasses the constant laws and traditions of a culture, as well as the values upon which those laws were built?
(a) Static culture.
(b) Static good.
(c) Static morality.
(d) Static banality.

15. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?
(a) An idea killing a person.
(b) Society killing a person.
(c) A person killing their ideas in order to protect their society.
(d) An idea killing a society.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?

2. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

3. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?

4. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?

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

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