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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. When Phaedrus first wakes up in the beginning of "Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals," what had he been doing the previous evening?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Smoking marijuana.
(c) Snorting cocaine.
(d) Shooting heroin.

2. Along with the wind, what brings about Lila's breakdown at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Drinking.
(b) A crippling headache.
(c) Police lights.
(d) Engine roar.

3. What is the term that encompasses the constant laws and traditions of a culture, as well as the values upon which those laws were built?
(a) Static banality.
(b) Static culture.
(c) Static morality.
(d) Static good.

4. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?
(a) A decay in the moral fiber of society.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Living in a vacuum of morality.
(d) Loss of one's identity.

5. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Nyack Yacht Club.
(b) Manhattan Athletic Club.
(c) Manchester Yachting.
(d) Turtle Beach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Lila angry with Phaedrus in Chapter 7?

3. Phaedrus refers to his ongoing project as a "Metaphysics of ______."

4. Which of the following is not at the forefront of Lila's mind at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What is Rigel's profession?

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