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

2. What does Lila leave with the waiter when she is unable to pay her bill?
(a) The location and name of the boat.
(b) Phaedrus's publisher's address and phone number.
(c) Phaedrus's name.
(d) The hotel in which Phaedrus is staying.

3. When Lila panics over the missing items in her purse, what information is revealed about her past in Chapter 18?
(a) Jamie is her ex-husband.
(b) She had once been arrested.
(c) She never had a daughter, as she told Phaedrus.
(d) She was once in a hospital, presumably a mental one.

4. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 18 told?
(a) Fatso.
(b) Lila.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Jamie.

5. In Chapter 22, what does Phaedrus believe was the view of battle before World War I?
(a) Evil.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Natural.
(d) Heroic.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Phaedrus compare the underground manholes of his current location in Chapter 17?

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

3. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?

4. What does Lila contemplate swearing off forever as she makes her way back to Phaedrus?

5. Why does Phaedrus consider himself to part of the hulking "Giant" from Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ideas does Phaedrus develop about Victorian beliefs in Chapter 21?

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

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

5. Describe Phaedrus's analogy of New York City to a giant.

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

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

8. What are the two different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus?

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

10. What is Lila's motivation in asking Jamie to join her and Phaedrus?

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