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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what ceremony does Phaedrus accompany Dusenberry in Chapter 3?
(a) Betrothal feast.
(b) Quienceanera.
(c) A vision quest.
(d) Tea ceremony.

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

3. What name does Phaedrus give to the concept that science exists merely to prove the truth?
(a) Armchair psychology.
(b) Victorian science.
(c) Backseat theorizing.
(d) Common hypothesis.

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

5. In relation to Rigel, what label does Phaedrus give people who he believes are "gaudy, fraudulent, ornamental peacocks"?
(a) Dinosaurs.
(b) Prudes.
(c) Victorians.
(d) Anti-progressives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Phaedrus believe to be the long-term effect of living with views such as the ones Rigel holds in Chapter 7?

3. According to the Metaphysics of Quality, what theory is used in conjunction with the idea of life generally having a purpose in regards to Phaedrus' ideas on static versus dynamic Quality?

4. Why are values not considered to be a proper platform for a scientific analysis?

5. Although "static good" is the opposite of "dynamic good," static must exist or else the dynamic would turn into ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Phaedrus's thoughts on the current century in Chapter 13?

2. What are Phaedrus's ideas on the American Indian as the basis of American culture?

3. What are the "slips" on Phaedrus's boat?

4. What problems does Rigel have with Phaedrus's first book?

5. Why does Phaedrus disagree with Sidis's belief that abstinence was necessary for an intellectual?

6. In Chapter 8, what are some of the faults Phaedrus details with science?

7. Describe Dusenberry's career.

8. In Chapter 15, what are Phaedrus's thoughts after making love to Lila?

9. What does Phaedrus mean when he discusses Rigel in relation to his "Victorian" virtue?

10. What leads up to Lila's psychotic breakdown in Chapter 10?

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