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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 school did Phaedrus attend as a boy?
2. What is Lila's destination in the beginning of Chapter 23?
3. What does Lila plan to be her final destination after getting a drink at the restaurant in Chapter 18?
4. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?
5. Through the study of what group of people does Phaedrus hope to understand the scientific concerns and patterns that will help society sustain itself while still evolving?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Lila stop at the restaurant in Chapter 18?
2. What sort of thoughts occur to Lila as she wanders the streets in Chapter 23 before she loses touch with reality?
3. Why does Lila decide she needs to leave Phaedrus?
4. What is Lila's motivation in asking Jamie to join her and Phaedrus?
5. How does war factor into the Victorian beliefs?
6. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the static and dynamic patterns of New York City?
7. How did intellect begin to replace societal concerns after World War I?
8. Describe Phaedrus's analogy of New York City to a giant.
9. How does Phaedrus's musings on the Victorians bring him back to his initial ideas on the American Indians?
10. How did the Victorian mindset leave society unprepared to deal with the realities of World War I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the many roles New York City plays in this book, in terms of setting, metaphors, and symbolism.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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