Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Robert M. Pirsig
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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lila and Phaedrus do in Chapter 15?
(a) Make love.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Fight.
(d) Fish.

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

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

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

5. Why does Lila decide she needs to stay with Phaedrus in Chapter 14?
(a) She realizes it will be mutually beneficial.
(b) She doubts his ability to take care of himself.
(c) She is falling in love with him.
(d) She is afraid that he might be suicidal.

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

7. 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 morality.
(b) Static banality.
(c) Static good.
(d) Static culture.

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

9. Why are values not considered to be a proper platform for a scientific analysis?
(a) Values are deemed too hard to quantify.
(b) Values are dependent upon factors beyond anthropology.
(c) Values are too mandated by the government.
(d) Values are considered to be amateurish in practice.

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

11. Who does Phaedrus believe to be the originator of the American lifestyle?
(a) The American Indians.
(b) The descendants of the abducted African slaves.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Germans.

12. Where did Phaedrus meet Lila?
(a) A political meeting.
(b) A rave.
(c) A bar.
(d) A friend's house.

13. 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 self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.
(c) She is too static.
(d) She is too dynamic.

14. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."
(a) Values.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Morals.
(d) Quality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?

2. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?

3. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?

4. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?

5. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?

(see the answer keys)

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