View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?

2. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?

3. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?

4. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Lila and Phaedrus talk about during dinner in Chapter 14 and what do the readers learn about them?

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

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

5. What is Phaedrus's early analysis of Lila in Chapter 11?

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

7. What is the Metaphysics of Quality?

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

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

10. What problems does Rigel have with Phaedrus's first book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Define Quality.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 978 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample