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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Scientific principle.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Modern living.

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

3. At what age did Lila have a child?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

4. 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.

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

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

7. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?
(a) Values are impossible to ponder objectively.
(b) Value as a concept confuses, rather than clarifies.
(c) The term "value" no longer has any meaning in today's world.
(d) Value is too fickle for a scientific brain.

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

9. 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 falls in love too easily.
(c) She knows she has a problem, though no one will help her with it.
(d) She has no empathy.

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

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 is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?
(a) He ignores her.
(b) She is forced to watch him get drunk without her.
(c) There is no food on the boat.
(d) He refuses to allow her to sail the boat.

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

14. Why must the "first division" be completely correct?
(a) The first division is likened to the control in a scientific experiment.
(b) The system can otherwise be easily disproved.
(c) The rest of the classification will always be incorrect.
(d) The rest of the world will only be able to look into the first division for guidance.

15. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?
(a) A constant competition between elements.
(b) Ethical activities.
(c) A search for spirituality.
(d) Survival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?

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

3. Who does Phaedrus believe to be the originator of the American lifestyle?

4. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?

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

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