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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 revolutionary sixties.
(c) The Roaring 20s.
(d) Prohibition.

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

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

4. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.
(b) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(c) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."
(d) He will apply values to actual experience.

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

6. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
(a) Car engine.
(b) Chess strategy.
(c) Learned behavior.
(d) Instincts.

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

8. When discussing "Patterns of Culture," how was the outcast Zuni labeled by his people?
(a) A witch.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A psychopath.
(d) A priest.

9. Upon what river does Phaedrus plan to travel by boat?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Meramac.
(c) Hudson.
(d) Mississippi.

10. What is one of the greatest frustrations in Lila's life, according to her musings in Chapter 10?
(a) She has no empathy.
(b) She knows she has a problem, though no one will help her with it.
(c) She has given all of her money away to people who did not deserve it.
(d) She falls in love too easily.

11. 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) A decay in the moral fiber of society.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Loss of one's identity.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?

3. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?

4. Why does Phaedrus believe his book will be derided by the anthropology community?

5. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?

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