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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 does Lila contemplate swearing off forever as she makes her way back to Phaedrus?

2. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?

3. Which of the following is not one of the perceptions Phaedrus believes people such as Lila, Rigel, and the famous actor have of him?

4. In Chapter 22, what does Phaedrus believe was the view of battle before World War I?

5. What is the name of Lila's childhood dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the static and dynamic patterns of New York City?

2. What does Phaedrus deduce about Lila from his meeting with her friends?

3. Why does Lila decide she needs to leave Phaedrus?

4. What ideas does Phaedrus develop about Victorian beliefs in Chapter 21?

5. What sort of thoughts occur to Lila as she wanders the streets in Chapter 23 before she loses touch with reality?

6. What are the two different cultural evaluations of Phaedrus?

7. What does Lila offer to Jamie and how do both he and Phaedrus react?

8. What is Lila's motivation in asking Jamie to join her and Phaedrus?

9. Why does Lila leave the name of the boat with the waiter and what does this imply about her plans?

10. How did intellect begin to replace societal concerns after World War I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss sanity versus insanity in the Metaphysics of Quality.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Metaphysics of Quality in detail.

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