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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the disgraced genius who Phaedrus discovers shared his ideas on the role of American Indians to the American lifestyle?
(a) James Holden.
(b) Franz Boas.
(c) William James Sidis.
(d) Verne Dusenberry.

3. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?
(a) An idea killing a society.
(b) A person killing their ideas in order to protect their society.
(c) An idea killing a person.
(d) Society killing a person.

4. What is the term that encompasses the constant laws and traditions of a culture, as well as the values upon which those laws were built?
(a) Static banality.
(b) Static culture.
(c) Static good.
(d) Static morality.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?

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

4. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?

5. At what age did Lila have a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boas have to do with Phaedrus's new project?

2. Discuss the differences between static good and dynamic good.

3. What are Phaedrus's ideas on the American Indian as the basis of American culture?

4. What do Lila and Phaedrus talk about during dinner in Chapter 14 and what do the readers learn about them?

5. What is evolutionary morality?

6. What leads up to Lila's psychotic breakdown in Chapter 10?

7. Why is Phaedrus the only one to consider anthropology in terms of "values"?

8. What is Phaedrus's early analysis of Lila in Chapter 11?

9. In Chapter 8, what are some of the faults Phaedrus details with science?

10. Describe the life of the Zuni Indian discussed in Ruth Benedict's "Patterns of Culture."

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