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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. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?

2. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?

3. Who is Franz Boas?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?

5. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, what are some of the faults Phaedrus details with science?

5. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

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

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

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

9. Describe Dusenberry's career.

10. What are the static patterns of value?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss sanity versus insanity in the Metaphysics of Quality.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the concepts of both isolation and escape (as well as their connections to each other) in "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals."

Essay Topic 3

When one cannot be the same person they were earlier and they find themselves being defined by the perceptions of others, what happens to that person's identity within their society? Discuss this question in relation to both Phaedrus and Lila.

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