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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. Although "static good" is the opposite of "dynamic good," static must exist or else the dynamic would turn into ____.
(a) Evil.
(b) Static.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Apathy.

2. With what concept in anthropology does Dusenberry find fault?
(a) Scientific principle.
(b) Modern living.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Persecution.

3. To what does Phaedrus compare creating a "metaphysics" in Chapter 9?
(a) Chess strategy.
(b) Car engine.
(c) Learned behavior.
(d) Instincts.

4. Why does Rigel claim Phaedrus keeps people from properly analyzing his work?
(a) Phaedrus presents his work as fiction.
(b) Phaedrus does not define Quality.
(c) Phaedrus refuses to discuss his first book.
(d) Phaedrus hides under an assumed name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?

2. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?

3. Why does Phaedrus believe his "Metaphysics of Quality" is a more accurate viewpoint of the world?

4. Why does Lila decide she needs to stay with Phaedrus in Chapter 14?

5. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?

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