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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishmael say is the consequence of thinking that the world was made for us?
(a) That we owe someone an enormous debt of gratitude
(b) That we have to take care of it
(c) That we can do what we want with it
(d) That we have to find its proper owners

2. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the narrator’s creation myth?
(a) That man is an exile in his consciousness
(b) That man belongs in the midst, not on the top of the community of life
(c) That the world is a mystery no one understands
(d) That the world is made for man

3. What does Ishmael say ‘Eve’ means?
(a) Life
(b) Energy
(c) Breath
(d) Helpmeet

4. What does Ishmael say is the purpose of Mother Culture’s story?
(a) To put the listener to sleep
(b) To give the listener power
(c) To weed out the weak from the strong
(d) To teach the listener how to fulfill him or herself

5. In Chapter 4, why does the narrator say he does not display the emotion he wants when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?
(a) He says that he still does not see
(b) He says that he does not show his emotions
(c) He says that the pleasure of seeing is intellectual for him, not emotional
(d) He says that he is more flabbergasted than he could express

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say ‘Adam’ means?

2. What does Ishmael say he wants, in Chapter 4, when the narrator finally realizes the truth of what Ishmael has been talking about?

3. Where does the narrator reunite with Ishmael in Chapter 10?

4. Where does Ishmael say, in Chapter 7, they should look for a set of laws about how to live?

5. How does Ishmael get the narrator to recognize the limitation of his creation myth?

(see the answer key)

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