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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. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) Eleven thousand.
(d) One thousand.

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

3. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."
(a) Morality.
(b) Quanitity.
(c) Quality.
(d) Values.

4. At what age did Lila have a child?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty.

5. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?
(a) He will present the values as being worthy of scientific consideration.
(b) He will present his work under an assumed name to remove any pre-existing prejudices against his project.
(c) He will apply values to actual experience.
(d) He will simply call his work "data" instead of "values."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the importance of "dynamic good"?

2. According to Phaedrus, who attempts to imitate American Indians?

3. Why does Lila leave her boyfriend?

4. Although "static good" is the opposite of "dynamic good," static must exist or else the dynamic would turn into ____.

5. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Dusenberry's career.

3. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

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

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

6. What are the "slips" on Phaedrus's boat?

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

8. What is evolutionary morality?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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