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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rigel believe will result from what he sees as Phaedrus's dangerous analysis of their culture in Chapter 6?
(a) People will allow society to become chaotic.
(b) People will invent their own morality.
(c) People will abandon their religious duties.
(d) People will become more despondent.

2. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."
(a) Quality.
(b) Morality.
(c) Quanitity.
(d) Values.

3. What animal does Phaedrus use as an example of the limitations of the long-held standards of science in Chapter 8?
(a) The dinosaur.
(b) The platypus.
(c) The horse.
(d) The kangaroo.

4. Why does Phaedrus humorously note in Chapter 12 as the reason nobody before attempted to quantify everything in value?
(a) The term "value" no longer has any meaning in today's world.
(b) Values are impossible to ponder objectively.
(c) Value as a concept confuses, rather than clarifies.
(d) Value is too fickle for a scientific brain.

5. Although Phaedrus decides that Lila has biological quality, what does she seem to lack?
(a) Social quality.
(b) Ethical quality.
(c) Intellectual quality.
(d) Spiritual quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?

3. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?

4. Who is Franz Boas?

5. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?

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