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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. How does Ishmael characterize a community that does not live by the peace-keeping law?
2. According to Ishmael, which is NOT a ‘trick’ the gods played on the Takers?
3. What is the narrator’s first strategy for reconnecting to Ishmael in Chapter 10?
4. How does the narrator characterize Art Owens?
5. What does Ishmael say happens to the Leavers that does not happen to the Takers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major change has taken place in the dialogue in Chapter 9, and what has brought this change about?
2. What reading does Ishmael give the Bible story of Cain and Abel?
3. What does the narrator say he would do to figure out the fundamental law of the community Ishmael describes?
4. How does Ishmael characterize the experiment that is modern civilization?
5. How does Ishmael says man becomes man?
6. What are the three things that Takers do that nothing else in nature does?
7. How does Ishmael characterize the debate among the gods about an equitable way to take care of the animals?
8. What are the three tricks Ishmael says the gods played on the Takers?
9. What keeps the narrator from returning to the office building for a few days?
10. What do Ishmael and the narrator agree on for a definition of ‘culture’?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What kind of compromise is possible between people who see things Ishmael’s way, and people who exemplify ‘Taker’ culture? Is compromise possible?
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of Ishmael—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
How do you think times have changed since Daniel Quinn published Ishmael in 1992? Is Ishmael’s story still applicable? Have Ishmael’s teachings been learned anywhere? Where are people advocating Ishmael’s views, and what influence are they having?
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