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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ishmael describe the first farmers?
(a) Technocrats
(b) Blunderers
(c) Scientists
(d) Bureaucrats

2. In Chapter 7, what law does Ishmael say he is looking for?
(a) The law of how to pass knowledge from one generation to another
(b) The law that keeps individuals content within the community
(c) The law of cultural evolution
(d) The law that keeps the community together

3. What does Ishmael say the peace-keeping law promotes?
(a) Longevity
(b) Consolidation of power
(c) Civilization
(d) Diversity

4. Why is Ishmael reticent about telling the narrator what he wants to know in Chapter 11?
(a) He does not want to divulge the information
(b) He is irritated by the narrator’s failure to prevent his eviction
(c) He feels the narrator is merely curious
(d) He is afraid that the narrator will stop coming to him once he knows

5. What assumption does Ishmael say the Takers must have made about the world in order to follow the laws they follow?
(a) That time was running out for the world unless they could fix it
(b) That there is something fundamentally wrong with humankind
(c) That men are demi-gods
(d) That man can only return to nature through culture

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the law Ishmael believes the narartor is looking for in Chapter 8 prevent?

2. What does the narrator say his relationship with Nazi Germany is?

3. After the narrator describes his law, how does Ishmael reword it?

4. Why does the narrator say that he understands why Ishmael asked him to define the laws himself?

5. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 6, is the problem with his culture’s story?

(see the answer key)

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