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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 area of science will likely be the one that helps scientifically govern society, according to Phaedrus's theory in Chapter 22?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Psychology.

2. What were Phaedrus's headmaster's thoughts on the concepts of grace and morals?
(a) One lost them over time.
(b) One could only aspire to them.
(c) One was born with them.
(d) One could only be granted these by spiritual means.

3. What flashback does Lila experience when she hallucinates seeing her childhood dog?
(a) Her grandfather's heart attack.
(b) Her sister going into labor.
(c) A car crash that killed someone close to her.
(d) A house fire that resulted in her mother's death.

4. What is Lila's state-of-mind at the end of Chapter 18 when she leaves the restaurant?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Mischievous.
(c) Giddy.
(d) Angry.

5. Where is Lila in Chapter 23?
(a) Phaedrus's publisher's office.
(b) The bar.
(c) The hotel room.
(d) The streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lila's nickname for Phaedrus?

2. What appears to be behind Lila's offer to Jamie?

3. Why is subject-object science unable to deal with morals?

4. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?

5. For what reasons does this actor come to see Phaedrus in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Victorian mindset leave society unprepared to deal with the realities of World War I?

2. What sort of thoughts occur to Lila as she wanders the streets in Chapter 23 before she loses touch with reality?

3. How is Lila driven by her delusions in Chapter 23?

4. What does Phaedrus deduce about Lila from his meeting with her friends?

5. How does Phaedrus's musings on the Victorians bring him back to his initial ideas on the American Indians?

6. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the static and dynamic patterns of New York City?

7. Why does Lila decide she needs to leave Phaedrus?

8. Why does Lila stop at the restaurant in Chapter 18?

9. What does Lila discover when she goes to pay for her bill at the restaurant?

10. What does Lila offer to Jamie and how do both he and Phaedrus react?

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