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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lila decide she needs to stay with Phaedrus in Chapter 14?

2. What is the name of the disgraced genius who Phaedrus discovers shared his ideas on the role of American Indians to the American lifestyle?

3. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?

4. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?

5. What is one of the greatest frustrations in Lila's life, according to her musings in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is evolutionary morality?

3. Describe the life of the Zuni Indian discussed in Ruth Benedict's "Patterns of Culture."

4. Why does Phaedrus disagree with Sidis's belief that abstinence was necessary for an intellectual?

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

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

7. What are the static patterns of value?

8. What does Phaedrus mean when he discusses Rigel in relation to his "Victorian" virtue?

9. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

10. Describe Dusenberry's career.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Phaedrus's method of working on his project in regards to how he functions within his own theories.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the idea that "good" is actually a noun and how it is the root of the Metaphysics of Quality.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Metaphysics of Quality in detail.

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