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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. What do Lila and Phaedrus do in Chapter 15?
(a) Fish.
(b) Make love.
(c) Fight.
(d) Cook dinner.

2. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Nyack Yacht Club.
(b) Manhattan Athletic Club.
(c) Manchester Yachting.
(d) Turtle Beach.

3. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."
(a) Morals.
(b) Values.
(c) Quality.
(d) Anthropology.

4. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?
(a) World War II.
(b) The revolutionary sixties.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The Roaring 20s.

5. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?
(a) Prudes.
(b) Victorians.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Anti-progressives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?

2. Before going into anthropology, what was Phaedrus's field of study?

3. What established law does Phaedrus cite as being an example of an evolving static pattern?

4. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

5. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Phaedrus mean when he discusses Rigel in relation to his "Victorian" virtue?

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

3. In Chapter 15, what are Phaedrus's thoughts after making love to Lila?

4. How did Lila end up on Phaedrus's boat?

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

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

7. What is evolutionary morality?

8. Why does Phaedrus disagree with Sidis's belief that abstinence was necessary for an intellectual?

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

10. Describe Dusenberry's career.

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