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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) Fight.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cook dinner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Phaedrus believe his "Metaphysics of Quality" is a more accurate viewpoint of the world?
(a) It is more inclusive.
(b) It allows for everyone to bring in their own ideas.
(c) It is more understandable to the average person.
(d) It is less decisive.

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

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

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

14. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.
(b) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(c) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.
(d) He submits to his priests' punishment.

15. 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?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Afterlife.
(c) Death.
(d) Evolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?

2. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

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

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

5. What is Rigel's profession?

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