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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. Which of the following is not at the forefront of Lila's mind at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her headache.
(c) Her money.
(d) Her hunger.

2. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
(a) Learned behavior.
(b) Car engine.
(c) Chess strategy.
(d) Instincts.

3. 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) Verne Dusenberry.
(c) Franz Boas.
(d) William James Sidis.

4. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?
(a) It is grammatically perfect.
(b) It is purposefully redundant in phrasing.
(c) It is a contradiction.
(d) It ties together several different cultures and their values.

5. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?
(a) People will allow society to become chaotic.
(b) People will become more despondent.
(c) People will abandon their religious duties.
(d) People will invent their own morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.

2. At what age did Lila have a child?

3. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?

4. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.

5. Why does Lila choose to not pursue a relationship with Phaedrus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What problems does Rigel have with Phaedrus's first book?

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

5. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

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

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

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

9. What is evolutionary morality?

10. Describe Dusenberry's career.

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