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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phaedrus regard as being the term that encompasses the conflict between social and intellectual patterns?
(a) Reality.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Media.
(d) Celebrity.

3. Why is Jamie suspicious of Lila's offer in Chapter 16?
(a) He knows Lila is in love with him.
(b) He believes Phaedrus is actually smuggling drugs.
(c) He does not trust Phaedrus to not rob him.
(d) He knows she is trying to pull a scam.

4. What does Lila leave with the waiter when she is unable to pay her bill?
(a) The hotel in which Phaedrus is staying.
(b) Phaedrus's name.
(c) Phaedrus's publisher's address and phone number.
(d) The location and name of the boat.

5. For what reasons does Phaedrus initially grant the film rights to the actor in Chapter 19?
(a) Phaedrus wants to spread his message through any medium posible.
(b) Phaedrus owes too much money to pass up the opportunity.
(c) Phaedrus is confident his work will be done justice.
(d) Phaedrus is star struck.

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

7. What city does Phaedrus compare to a giant?
(a) New York City.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

8. Through the study of what group of people does Phaedrus hope to understand the scientific concerns and patterns that will help society sustain itself while still evolving?
(a) The Germans.
(b) Veterans.
(c) Victorians.
(d) American Indians.

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

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

11. What is Lila's destination in the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) The boat.
(c) Phaedrus's hotel room.
(d) Jamie's house.

12. To what does Lila physically compare herself in Chapter 23?
(a) A troll.
(b) A grandmother.
(c) An addict.
(d) A Halloween witch.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the hallucination of Lila's dog lead her at the end of Chapter 23?

2. According to Phaedrus, the Zen definition of ____ is to see life everywhere but to be unable to participate.

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

4. 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?

5. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?

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