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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By Phaedrus's reasoning of dynamic morality in Chapter 13, what is more moral than society killing an idea?
(a) A person killing their ideas in order to protect their society.
(b) An idea killing a society.
(c) An idea killing a person.
(d) Society killing a person.

3. What do Lila and Phaedrus do in Chapter 15?
(a) Make love.
(b) Fight.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cook dinner.

4. Why must the "first division" be completely correct?
(a) The first division is likened to the control in a scientific experiment.
(b) The rest of the world will only be able to look into the first division for guidance.
(c) The system can otherwise be easily disproved.
(d) The rest of the classification will always be incorrect.

5. By Phaedrus's reasoning in Chapter 15, in condemning ______, static biological antagonism is condemned to intellectual quality only.
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Physical fitness.

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 11, why does Phaedrus find it impossible to argue with Lila?
(a) She is too static.
(b) She is unable to understand his intellectualism.
(c) She is too dynamic.
(d) She is too self-centered to think of anyone or anything besides herself.

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

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

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

13. The dynamic quality causes an organism to grow, though without the _____, it will not be able to survive or last.
(a) Static qualities.
(b) Spiritual reckoning.
(c) Existentialist ideals.
(d) Theories of evolution.

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

15. What is the importance of "dynamic good"?
(a) A culture must be able to judge a person's values based on the traditions of their society.
(b) A culture cannot be allowed to denigrate another culture.
(c) A culture must actively fight for their traditions.
(d) A culture must adopt new ideals in order to continue evolving.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how does Phaedrus define the purpose behind everything in life?

2. Why does Lila choose to not pursue a relationship with Phaedrus?

3. How does Phaedrus propose to accurately use values in his analysis of culture?

4. 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?

5. Where do Lila and Phaedrus dock at the end of Chapter 13?

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