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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Customs.
(b) Hedonism.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Intellectuals.

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Lila believe stole her wallet and other items from her purse?
(a) Fatso.
(b) Jamie.
(c) She thinks she must have lost them herself.
(d) Phaedrus.

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

8. 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) Identification.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Keys.
(d) Pills.

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

10. Which of the following is not one of the perceptions Phaedrus believes people such as Lila, Rigel, and the famous actor have of him?
(a) Hero.
(b) Romantic partner.
(c) Nerd.
(d) Moral degenerate.

11. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Astrix.
(c) Spot.
(d) Bandito.

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

13. 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 not factual.
(d) They are a man-made construct.

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

15. Chapter 16 is told from the point of view of Jamie and ______.
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Rigel.
(c) Lila.
(d) Fatso.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Lila in Chapter 23?

3. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?

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

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

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