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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Phaedrus believe to be the originator of the American lifestyle?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The American Indians.
(d) The descendants of the abducted African slaves.

2. Upon which American Indian tribe does Dusenberry focus his PhD?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Chippewa-Cree.
(c) Crow.
(d) Tohono O'odham.

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Phaedrus return to as the basis of his anthropological beliefs?
(a) Quality and morality are opposites of each other.
(b) The world exists in pure stasis because of the interference of the Victorian belief.
(c) Quality and morality are the same.
(d) Morality is the only important concept in the world.

4. "_____ is the primary empirical reality of the world."
(a) Values.
(b) Morals.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Quality.

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

6. What is interesting to note about the syntax of the phrase "Metaphysics of Quality"?
(a) It is a contradiction.
(b) It ties together several different cultures and their values.
(c) It is purposefully redundant in phrasing.
(d) It is grammatically perfect.

7. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?
(a) A constant competition between elements.
(b) A search for spirituality.
(c) Ethical activities.
(d) Survival.

8. According to Phaedrus, who attempts to imitate American Indians?
(a) Frontier men.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Pilgrims.

9. About how many slips does Phaedrus have on the tray in his boat in Chapter 2?
(a) One thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) Eleven thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

10. Upon what basis must morals be analyzed in order to glean the greatest precision?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Reason.
(d) Ethics.

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

12. 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 morality.
(b) Static culture.
(c) Static good.
(d) Static banality.

13. How does the Zuni brujo encompass the idea of "dynamic good"?
(a) He submits to his priests' punishment.
(b) He curbs his own ideas for the good of his tribe.
(c) He reaches outside his culture to right a wrong.
(d) He martyrs himself to his own ideas.

14. 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) Drinking.
(c) Snorting cocaine.
(d) Shooting heroin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?

2. By Phaedrus's reckoning on the nature of Rigel's approach to morality, what was the natural effect of World War I?

3. What reason does Phaedrus cite as the reason nobody uses "value" as a quantifiable scientific concept?

4. What is the name of the disgraced genius who Phaedrus discovers shared his ideas on the role of American Indians to the American lifestyle?

5. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.

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