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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 is Phaedrus' destination in Chapter 17?
(a) His publisher's office.
(b) His hotel room.
(c) Another bar.
(d) His boat.
2. For what reasons did Phaedrus believe that the Victorians were directly responsible for the roaring 20s?
(a) The Victorians were unable to pass their mindset down fully to their children.
(b) The Victorians refused to believe that they were capable of hedonism.
(c) The inability of the Victorians to let their society evolve resulted in a direct rebellion against the accepted behaviors.
(d) The Victorians' secret corruption was forced into the open by war.
3. What does Phaedrus believe to be the last static social pattern in history?
(a) The Victorian era.
(b) The Fifties.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Sixties.
4. Where is Lila in Chapter 23?
(a) The bar.
(b) Phaedrus's publisher's office.
(c) The hotel room.
(d) The streets.
5. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?
(a) Bandito.
(b) Astrix.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Spot.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what does Phaedrus compare the underground manholes of his current location in Chapter 17?
2. What appears to be behind Lila's offer to Jamie?
3. When considering the surviving veterans of World War I, what about their attitude altered the social landscape after the war?
4. What is Lila's destination in the beginning of Chapter 23?
5. What Quality does Phaedrus believe is beyond Lila in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus?
2. What role does Robert Redford play in this book?
3. How did the Victorian mindset leave society unprepared to deal with the realities of World War I?
4. What is Lila's motivation in asking Jamie to join her and Phaedrus?
5. How did intellect begin to replace societal concerns after World War I?
6. Why does Lila leave the name of the boat with the waiter and what does this imply about her plans?
7. What does Lila offer to Jamie and how do both he and Phaedrus react?
8. Describe Jamie and Fatso.
9. What ideas does Phaedrus develop about Victorian beliefs in Chapter 21?
10. How does war factor into the Victorian beliefs?
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