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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lila pull from the water at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) A bottle with a message.
(b) A doll.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A length of chain.

2. If Phaedrus allows his book to be made into a movie, what will be lost to the social pattern of values which will undoubtedly become the focus of the film?
(a) Anthropological connections.
(b) Dynamic quality.
(c) Intellectual patterns.
(d) Static quality.

3. According to Phaedrus, the Zen definition of ____ is to see life everywhere but to be unable to participate.
(a) Life.
(b) Unenlightenment.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

4. What replaced social snobbery after World War I?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Biological.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Spiritual.

5. Of what were the Victorians apparently ignorant during the onset of World War I?
(a) Their armies were poorly equipped.
(b) Their sons were being sent off to die.
(c) They were the invading army.
(d) Their government would not protect them.

6. To what does Lila physically compare herself in Chapter 23?
(a) A Halloween witch.
(b) A grandmother.
(c) A troll.
(d) An addict.

7. When Lila goes to pay for her bill at the restaurant, she realizes that her wallet and her _____ have been stolen from her purse.
(a) Pills.
(b) Keys.
(c) Makeup.
(d) Identification.

8. What does Lila leave with the waiter when she is unable to pay her bill?
(a) The hotel in which Phaedrus is staying.
(b) The location and name of the boat.
(c) Phaedrus's publisher's address and phone number.
(d) Phaedrus's name.

9. In Chapter 22, what changed the physical landscape of the social population?
(a) Literacy.
(b) Technology.
(c) Hedonism.
(d) Revolution.

10. What Hollywood actor comes to see Phaedrus?
(a) Peter O'Toole.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Robert Redford.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

11. What city does Phaedrus compare to a giant?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Miami.
(d) Seattle.

12. What does Lila contemplate swearing off forever as she makes her way back to Phaedrus?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Men.

13. From whose point-of-view is Chapter 23 told?
(a) Lila.
(b) Phaedrus.
(c) Fatso.
(d) Omniscient narrator.

14. Why does Phaedrus leave the bar in Chapter 16?
(a) He is not feeling well.
(b) Lila is becoming drunker and verbally abusive towards him.
(c) He has to make it to a meeting with his publisher.
(d) He is angry that Lila is trying to bring her friends on his boat.

15. What flashback does Lila experience when she hallucinates seeing her childhood dog?
(a) Her sister going into labor.
(b) Her grandfather's heart attack.
(c) A house fire that resulted in her mother's death.
(d) A car crash that killed someone close to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lila believe stole her wallet and other items from her purse?

2. According to Phaedrus's reckoning in Chapter 17, what will the city (which is his current location) eventually do to the people that live there?

3. Chapter 16 is told from the point of view of Jamie and ______.

4. Through the study of what group of people does Phaedrus hope to understand the scientific concerns and patterns that will help society sustain itself while still evolving?

5. When considering the surviving veterans of World War I, what about their attitude altered the social landscape after the war?

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