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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 ‘Eve’ means?
(a) Breath
(b) Life
(c) Helpmeet
(d) Energy

2. What subsequent interruption kept the narrator from returning for another few days in Chapter 10?
(a) Laziness
(b) A woman
(c) A work deadline
(d) A medical condition

3. What is the narrator’s first strategy for reconnecting to Ishmael in Chapter 10?
(a) Finding Mrs. Sokolow
(b) Driving around looking
(c) Apologizing to him
(d) Posting an ad

4. What is the narrator’s reaction when he hears the rival creation story Ishmael tells in Chapter 4?
(a) He is furious
(b) He sees the point immediately
(c) He does not understand it
(d) He is amused

5. How does Ishmael propose, in Chapter 7, to learn how they can find out for themselves how to live?
(a) By looking at what is actually there
(b) By consulting books
(c) By having mystical experiences
(d) By talking to prophets

Short Answer Questions

1. What scenario does Ishmael describe in Chapter 7, which horrifies the narrator?

2. What does Ishmael elicit from the narrator in Chapter 4 regarding his creation myth?

3. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?

4. What looming crisis does Ishmael imply will correct the ‘Takers’’ excesses?

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

(see the answer key)

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