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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Hollywood actor comes to see Phaedrus?
(a) Peter O'Toole.
(b) Robert Redford.
(c) Clint Eastwood.
(d) Paul Newman.

2. Of what were the Victorians apparently ignorant during the onset of World War I?
(a) Their armies were poorly equipped.
(b) Their sons were being sent off to die.
(c) Their government would not protect them.
(d) They were the invading army.

3. When considering the surviving veterans of World War I, what about their attitude altered the social landscape after the war?
(a) Their scarcity.
(b) Their isolation.
(c) Their heroism.
(d) Their bitterness.

4. When Lila goes to pay for her bill at the restaurant, she realizes that her wallet and her _____ have been stolen from her purse.
(a) Keys.
(b) Identification.
(c) Pills.
(d) Makeup.

5. To what does Phaedrus compare the underground manholes of his current location in Chapter 17?
(a) Kidney.
(b) Lungs.
(c) Heart.
(d) Arteries.

6. According to Phaedrus's reckoning in Chapter 17, what will the city (which is his current location) eventually do to the people that live there?
(a) Laud them.
(b) Reward them.
(c) Remove them.
(d) Devour them.

7. How does Lila feel about Phaedrus after meeting with Jamie and Fatso?
(a) She feels sorry for him.
(b) She is angry at him.
(c) She is worried about him.
(d) She feels guilty that she angered him.

8. What were Phaedrus's headmaster's thoughts on the concepts of grace and morals?
(a) One was born with them.
(b) One could only aspire to them.
(c) One lost them over time.
(d) One could only be granted these by spiritual means.

9. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 23 told?
(a) Lila.
(b) Omniscient narrator.
(c) Fatso.
(d) Phaedrus.

10. What weapon is particularly mentioned in Chapter 22 as helping to have changed the world's outlook on war?
(a) Atom bomb.
(b) Bayonets.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) Gatling gun.

11. For what sort of Quality does Phaedrus believe Lila only looks?
(a) Biological.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Social.
(d) Spiritual.

12. To what does Phaedrus compare the Giant of his city analogy in Chapter 17?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Lawyer.

13. Phaedrus begins to regret his decision to give the film rights over to the actor when he remembers what his attorney told him: "If you love your book, don't sell it to _________."
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Anyone.
(c) Another artist.
(d) New York.

14. Why is subject-object science unable to deal with morals?
(a) They are too easily faked.
(b) They are a man-made construct.
(c) They are not scientifically possible.
(d) They are not factual.

15. What fault does Phaedrus find with the Victorian concept of morals?
(a) There is no deep intellectualism.
(b) Victorian morality was too deeply entrenched in spiritualism.
(c) It no longer fits the needs of modern society.
(d) The Victorians were highly corrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following relationships did not appear to be the most pertinent to Lila from her childhood?

2. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 18 told?

3. In the pursuit of discovering what is right and wrong, what could no longer be blindly trusted in the early days after World War II?

4. When Lila panics over the missing items in her purse, what information is revealed about her past in Chapter 18?

5. What is Lila's state-of-mind at the end of Chapter 18 when she leaves the restaurant?

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