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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Phaedrus, who attempts to imitate American Indians?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Frontier men.
(d) Pilgrims.

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

3. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?
(a) Eleven thousand.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) One thousand.
(d) One hundred thousand.

4. Which of the following is not one of the static patterns of value?
(a) Spiritual patterns.
(b) Social patterns.
(c) Intellectual patterns.
(d) Biological patterns.

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

6. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Roaring 20s.
(c) The revolutionary sixties.
(d) Prohibition.

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

8. Although "static good" is the opposite of "dynamic good," static must exist or else the dynamic would turn into ____.
(a) Apathy.
(b) Evil.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Static.

9. Why does Lila leave her boyfriend?
(a) He is cheating on her.
(b) She falls in love with Phaedrus.
(c) He beats her.
(d) She is bored with him.

10. 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) Verne Dusenberry.
(b) William James Sidis.
(c) James Holden.
(d) Franz Boas.

11. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?
(a) She is unable to understand his intellectualism.
(b) She is too static.
(c) She is too self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.
(d) She is too dynamic.

12. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?
(a) Phaedrus hides under an assumed name.
(b) Phaedrus refuses to discuss his first book.
(c) Phaedrus presents his work as fiction.
(d) Phaedrus does not define Quality.

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

14. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?
(a) Spiritual quality.
(b) Social quality.
(c) Ethical quality.
(d) Intellectual quality.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?

3. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?

4. According to the Metaphysics of Quality, what theory is used in conjunction with the idea of life generally having a purpose in regards to Phaedrus' ideas on static versus dynamic Quality?

5. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

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