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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lila's nickname for Phaedrus?
(a) The Librarian.
(b) The Sailor.
(c) The Scholar.
(d) The Captain.

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

3. Where does the hallucination of Lila's dog lead her at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) The police station.
(b) The bar.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The boat.

4. If Phaedrus allows his book to be made into a movie, what will be lost to the social pattern of values which will undoubtedly become the focus of the film?
(a) Anthropological connections.
(b) Dynamic quality.
(c) Intellectual patterns.
(d) Static quality.

5. What city does Phaedrus believe to be the most dynamic on earth?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) New York City.
(d) Tokyo.

6. What is Lila's state-of-mind at the end of Chapter 18 when she leaves the restaurant?
(a) Mischievous.
(b) Giddy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frightened.

7. 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?
(a) Hedonism.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Customs.

8. What does Lila plan to be her final destination after getting a drink at the restaurant in Chapter 18?
(a) Church.
(b) Jamie's house.
(c) The boat.
(d) The hotel room.

9. Where is Lila in Chapter 23?
(a) Phaedrus's publisher's office.
(b) The hotel room.
(c) The streets.
(d) The bar.

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

11. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Biological.
(d) Sexual.

12. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 18 told?
(a) Lila.
(b) Fatso.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Jamie.

13. When Lila panics over the missing items in her purse, what information is revealed about her past in Chapter 18?
(a) She was once in a hospital, presumably a mental one.
(b) Jamie is her ex-husband.
(c) She never had a daughter, as she told Phaedrus.
(d) She had once been arrested.

14. What Quality does Phaedrus believe is beyond Lila in Chapter 17?
(a) Biological.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Sexual.

15. According to Phaedrus, the Victorians believe that the patterns of society will always dominate the patterns of _______.
(a) Quality.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedrus regard as being the term that encompasses the conflict between social and intellectual patterns?

2. What weapon is particularly mentioned in Chapter 22 as helping to have changed the world's outlook on war?

3. 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?

4. What are the different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus that he ponders after his meeting with the actor?

5. For what reasons does Phaedrus initially grant the film rights to the actor in Chapter 19?

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