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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say, in Chapter 4, that he got himself to see the middle of the story?
(a) By thinking about the moments when he learned the story himself
(b) By thinking about writing it as a treatment for Nova
(c) By thinking about telling it to a child
(d) By thinking about what a Martian observer would see

2. What does the narrator say, in Chapter 7, Mother Culture says about humanity’s relation to nature’s laws?
(a) That they do not apply to man
(b) That they can never be broken
(c) That there is always a price for breaking them
(d) That wise men and criminals can get away with breaking them, but the general populace cannot

3. What does the narrator say the ad in Chapter 1 was looking for?
(a) Someone who wanted to change the world
(b) Someone who wanted to teach
(c) Someone who wanted to work with gorillas
(d) Someone who wanted to make an investment

4. Why does the narrator have a hard time agreeing to Art Owens’ demands?
(a) He dislikes Art Owens
(b) He wants to be free of the whole business
(c) He does not have the money
(d) He cannot put a price on his friendship with Ishmael

5. What does Ishmael say is the premise of the Leavers’ story?
(a) The gods exist to do man’s bidding
(b) Man is his own god
(c) Man belongs to the world
(d) The world belongs to man

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say the conquest narrative in Chapter 6 ends?

2. What does Ishmael say happens to the Leavers that does not happen to the Takers?

3. What is the office building like, where the narrator answers the newspaper ad?

4. In Chapter 11, how does Ishmael define culture?

5. What is the narrator’s plan to spring Ishmael?

(see the answer key)

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