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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. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."

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

3. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?

4. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?

5. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads up to Lila's psychotic breakdown in Chapter 10?

3. Discuss the differences between static good and dynamic good.

4. What are the static patterns of value?

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

6. What is evolutionary morality?

7. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

8. Describe Dusenberry's career.

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

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

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

Create a detailed character analysis of Phaedrus in regards to his love for sailing.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the static patterns of evolution in order to explain how Lila ends up in Rigel's care at the end of the book.

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