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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Chapters 24-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Phaedrus, what concerns philosophers that average people would consider trivial?
(a) Morality.
(b) Human behavior.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Puzzles.

2. What does Lila claim Phaedrus is trying to do to her to Rigel?
(a) He is trying to kill her.
(b) He is trying to impregnate her.
(c) He is trying to make her normal.
(d) He is trying to abandon her.

3. Who believed that abstinence was necessary for intellectual pursuits?
(a) Richard Rigel.
(b) Franz Boas.
(c) William James Sidis.
(d) Vernon Dusenberry.

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

5. How does Phaedrus disagree with the idea to study the philosophy of others and to choose one as a guide in life?
(a) He is worried that no one really understands philosophy anymore.
(b) He is afraid that others will latch onto his ideas and claim them as their own.
(c) He thinks one should develop their own ideas first.
(d) He believes the philosophers are no longer relevant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to be behind Lila's offer to Jamie?

2. What city does Phaedrus believe to be the most dynamic on earth?

3. To what does Lila physically compare herself in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 22, what changed the physical landscape of the social population?

5. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?

(see the answer key)

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