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

2. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Reason.
(d) Ethics.

3. 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 society.
(c) An idea killing a person.
(d) A person killing their ideas in order to protect their society.

4. Which of the following is not one of the static patterns of value?
(a) Spiritual patterns.
(b) Social patterns.
(c) Intellectual patterns.
(d) Biological patterns.

5. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?
(a) A vision quest.
(b) Tea ceremony.
(c) Betrothal feast.
(d) Quienceanera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?

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

3. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?

4. What is Rigel's profession?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dusenberry's career.

2. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the current century in Chapter 13?

3. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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